#CDA733#CDA733

#CDA733 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.135 H 89.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDA733
RGB	rgb(205, 167, 51)
HSL	hsl(45, 61%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(45, 75%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.5%, 75.1%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.08, 2.41, 61.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.08, 61.55, 87.76°)
OKLab	oklab(74.3% 0.0003 0.1352)
OKLCH	oklch(74.3% 0.135 89.9)
XYZ	xyz(39.5954, 40.8581, 8.9322)
Luminance	0.4086 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDA733 #3359CD

analogous

#CD5A33 #CDA733 #A6CD33

triadic

#CDA733 #33CDA7 #A733CD

tetradic

#CDA733 #33CD5A #3359CD #CD33A6

square

#CDA733 #33CD5A #3359CD #CD33A6

split-complementary

#CDA733 #33A6CD #5A33CD

monochromatic

#6B571A #9C7F26 #CDA733 #D9BC64 #E5D195

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#CDA733 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#CDA733 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDA733

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDA733	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDA733	1.00	2.29	9.17	9.17
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA51F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B039

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE9990

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cda733;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 167, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.135 89.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1c073',
    500: '#cda733',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cda733;
$custom-light: #e1c073;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cda733",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.195,
    "s": 60.63,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74299,
    "c": 0.13517,
    "h": 89.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40856
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDA733

secondary

#8B9CD0

accent

#6BE444

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161208

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDA733

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

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