#CDA836#CDA836

#CDA836 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.134 H 90.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDA836
RGB	rgb(205, 168, 54)
HSL	hsl(45, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(45, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18%, 73.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.35, 2.01, 60.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.35, 60.67, 88.10°)
OKLab	oklab(74.52% -0.0005 0.1339)
OKLCH	oklch(74.52% 0.134 90.2)
XYZ	xyz(39.8476, 41.2532, 9.3532)
Luminance	0.4125 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDA836 #365BCD

analogous

#CD5C36 #CDA836 #A6CD36

triadic

#CDA836 #36CDA8 #A836CD

tetradic

#CDA836 #36CD5C #365BCD #CD36A6

square

#CDA836 #36CD5C #365BCD #CD36A6

split-complementary

#CDA836 #36A6CD #5C36CD

monochromatic

#6D591B #9E8127 #CDA836 #D9BD67 #E5D298

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#CDA836 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.25

#CDA836 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDA836

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDA836	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDA836	1.00	2.27	9.25	9.25
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA624

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B03C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE9A91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cda836;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 168, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.134 90.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c175',
    500: '#cda836',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cda836;
$custom-light: #e0c175;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cda836",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.298,
    "s": 60.159,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74523,
    "c": 0.13392,
    "h": 90.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDA836

secondary

#8E9ED1

accent

#6BE344

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDA836

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

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