#CDA833#CDA833

#CDA833 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.136 H 90.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDA833
RGB	rgb(205, 168, 51)
HSL	hsl(46, 61%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(46, 75%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18%, 75.1%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.33, 1.88, 61.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.33, 61.78, 88.26°)
OKLab	oklab(74.5% -0.0012 0.1357)
OKLCH	oklch(74.5% 0.136 90.5)
XYZ	xyz(39.7793, 41.2259, 8.9935)
Luminance	0.4122 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDA833 #3358CD

analogous

#CD5B33 #CDA833 #A5CD33

triadic

#CDA833 #33CDA8 #A833CD

tetradic

#CDA833 #33CD5B #3358CD #CD33A5

square

#CDA833 #33CD5B #3358CD #CD33A5

split-complementary

#CDA833 #33A5CD #5B33CD

monochromatic

#6B581A #9C8026 #CDA833 #D9BD64 #E5D295

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#CDA833 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.24

#CDA833 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDA833

9.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDA833	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDA833	1.00	2.27	9.24	9.24
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA61F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B03A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE9A91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cda833;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 168, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.136 90.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1c173',
    500: '#cda833',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cda833;
$custom-light: #e1c173;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cda833",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.584,
    "s": 60.63,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74502,
    "c": 0.1357,
    "h": 90.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41223
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDA833

secondary

#8B9CD0

accent

#6AE444

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDA833

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

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