#CDC5AE#CDC5AE

#CDC5AE is a very light, muted orange. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.033 H 91.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC5AE
RGB	rgb(205, 197, 174)
HSL	hsl(45, 24%, 74%)
HSV	hsv(45, 15%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 15.1%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.60, -1.07, 12.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.60, 12.59, 94.88°)
OKLab	oklab(82.38% -0.0006 0.0325)
OKLCH	oklch(82.38% 0.033 91.1)
XYZ	xyz(52.7825, 55.9684, 48.0586)
Luminance	0.5597 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC5AE #AEB6CD

analogous

#CDB6AE #CDC5AE #C6CDAE

triadic

#CDC5AE #AECDC5 #C5AECD

tetradic

#CDC5AE #AECDB6 #AEB6CD #CDAEC6

square

#CDC5AE #AECDB6 #AEB6CD #CDAEC6

split-complementary

#CDC5AE #AEC6CD #B6AECD

monochromatic

#9E8F62 #B6AA88 #CDC5AE #E4E0D4 #F3F1EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#CDC5AE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.19

#CDC5AE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC5AE

12.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC5AE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC5AE	1.00	1.72	12.19	12.19
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBC4AD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDC6AF

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D3C1BE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc5ae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 197, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.033 91.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd6c6',
    500: '#cdc5ae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc5ae;
$custom-light: #dcd6c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc5ae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 44.516,
    "s": 23.664,
    "l": 74.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82375,
    "c": 0.03253,
    "h": 91.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.55968
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC5AE

secondary

#7D87A2

accent

#5CA243

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF9

border

#D5D4D2

text

#151413

muted

#848382

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC5AE

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

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