#CDA735#CDA735

#CDA735 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.134 H 89.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDA735
RGB	rgb(205, 167, 53)
HSL	hsl(45, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(45, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.5%, 74.1%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.09, 2.50, 60.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.09, 60.82, 87.65°)
OKLab	oklab(74.31% 0.0008 0.134)
OKLCH	oklch(74.31% 0.134 89.7)
XYZ	xyz(39.6405, 40.8761, 9.1695)
Luminance	0.4087 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDA735 #355BCD

analogous

#CD5B35 #CDA735 #A7CD35

triadic

#CDA735 #35CDA7 #A735CD

tetradic

#CDA735 #35CD5B #355BCD #CD35A7

square

#CDA735 #35CD5B #355BCD #CD35A7

split-complementary

#CDA735 #35A7CD #5B35CD

monochromatic

#6D581B #9E8027 #CDA735 #D9BC66 #E5D297

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#CDA735 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.17

#CDA735 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDA735

9.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDA735	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDA735	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)

#BAA523

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C3B03B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE9990

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cda735;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 167, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.134 89.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1c074',
    500: '#cda735',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cda735;
$custom-light: #e1c074;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cda735",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 60.317,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74313,
    "c": 0.13399,
    "h": 89.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.40874
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDA735

secondary

#8D9ED1

accent

#6CE344

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDA735

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

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