#CDA933#CDA933

#CDA933 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.136 H 91.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDA933
RGB	rgb(205, 169, 51)
HSL	hsl(46, 61%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(46, 75%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 75.1%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.59, 1.34, 62.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.59, 62.01, 88.76°)
OKLab	oklab(74.71% -0.0027 0.1362)
OKLCH	oklch(74.71% 0.136 91.1)
XYZ	xyz(39.9646, 41.5966, 9.0553)
Luminance	0.4159 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDA933 #3357CD

analogous

#CD5C33 #CDA933 #A4CD33

triadic

#CDA933 #33CDA9 #A933CD

tetradic

#CDA933 #33CD5C #3357CD #CD33A4

square

#CDA933 #33CD5C #3357CD #CD33A4

split-complementary

#CDA933 #33A4CD #5C33CD

monochromatic

#6B581A #9C8126 #CDA933 #D9BE64 #E5D295

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#CDA933 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.32

#CDA933 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDA933

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDA933	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDA933	1.00	2.25	9.32	9.32
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA71F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B13A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE9B92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cda933;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 169, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.136 91.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1c273',
    500: '#cda933',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cda933;
$custom-light: #e1c273;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cda933",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.974,
    "s": 60.63,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74705,
    "c": 0.13624,
    "h": 91.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41594
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDA933

secondary

#8B9CD0

accent

#69E444

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDA933

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

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