#CDA935#CDA935

#CDA935 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.135 H 91.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDA935
RGB	rgb(205, 169, 53)
HSL	hsl(46, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(46, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 74.1%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.60, 1.43, 61.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.60, 61.28, 88.66°)
OKLab	oklab(74.72% -0.0022 0.1351)
OKLCH	oklch(74.72% 0.135 91)
XYZ	xyz(40.0097, 41.6146, 9.2925)
Luminance	0.4161 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDA935 #3559CD

analogous

#CD5D35 #CDA935 #A5CD35

triadic

#CDA935 #35CDA9 #A935CD

tetradic

#CDA935 #35CD5D #3559CD #CD35A5

square

#CDA935 #35CD5D #3559CD #CD35A5

split-complementary

#CDA935 #35A5CD #5D35CD

monochromatic

#6D591B #9E8227 #CDA935 #D9BE66 #E5D397

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#CDA935 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.32

#CDA935 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDA935

9.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDA935	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDA935	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)

#BCA722

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B13B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE9B92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cda935;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 169, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.135 91.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1c274',
    500: '#cda935',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cda935;
$custom-light: #e1c274;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cda935",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.789,
    "s": 60.317,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74719,
    "c": 0.13507,
    "h": 91
  },
  "luminance": 0.41612
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDA935

secondary

#8D9DD1

accent

#6AE344

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDA935

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

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