#CDC4AE#CDC4AE

#CDC4AE is a very light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.555; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.032 H 88.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC4AE
RGB	rgb(205, 196, 174)
HSL	hsl(43, 24%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(43, 15%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 15.1%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.34, -0.55, 12.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.34, 12.19, 92.56°)
OKLab	oklab(82.17% 0.0009 0.0316)
OKLCH	oklch(82.17% 0.032 88.4)
XYZ	xyz(52.5562, 55.5157, 47.9832)
Luminance	0.5552 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC4AE #AEB7CD

analogous

#CDB5AE #CDC4AE #C7CDAE

triadic

#CDC4AE #AECDC4 #C4AECD

tetradic

#CDC4AE #AECDB5 #AEB7CD #CDAEC7

square

#CDC4AE #AECDB5 #AEB7CD #CDAEC7

split-complementary

#CDC4AE #AEC7CD #B5AECD

monochromatic

#9E8D62 #B6A888 #CDC4AE #E4E0D4 #F3F1EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#CDC4AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.10

#CDC4AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC4AE

12.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC4AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC4AE	1.00	1.74	12.10	12.10
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9C3AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCC6AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3C0BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc4ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 196, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.032 88.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd5c6',
    500: '#cdc4ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc4ae;
$custom-light: #dcd5c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc4ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 42.581,
    "s": 23.664,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82172,
    "c": 0.03161,
    "h": 88.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.55515
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC4AE

secondary

#7D88A2

accent

#5FA243

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF9

border

#D5D4D2

text

#151413

muted

#848382

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC4AE

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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