#CDA837#CDA837

#CDA837 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.133 H 90.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDA837
RGB	rgb(205, 168, 55)
HSL	hsl(45, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(45, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18%, 73.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.36, 2.05, 60.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.36, 60.29, 88.05°)
OKLab	oklab(74.53% -0.0002 0.1333)
OKLCH	oklch(74.53% 0.133 90.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.8713, 41.2627, 9.4781)
Luminance	0.4126 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDA837 #375CCD

analogous

#CD5D37 #CDA837 #A7CD37

triadic

#CDA837 #37CDA8 #A837CD

tetradic

#CDA837 #37CD5D #375CCD #CD37A7

square

#CDA837 #37CD5D #375CCD #CD37A7

split-complementary

#CDA837 #37A7CD #5D37CD

monochromatic

#6E5A1C #9F8228 #CDA837 #D9BD68 #E5D399

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#CDA837 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.25

#CDA837 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDA837

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDA837	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDA837	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)

#BBA626

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C4B03D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE9A91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cda837;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 168, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.133 90.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c175',
    500: '#cda837',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cda837;
$custom-light: #e0c175;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cda837",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.2,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7453,
    "c": 0.13331,
    "h": 90.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4126
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDA837

secondary

#8F9FD1

accent

#6CE345

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDA837

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

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