#CDA937#CDA937

#CDA937 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.416; OKLCH L 74.7% C 0.134 H 90.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDA937
RGB	rgb(205, 169, 55)
HSL	hsl(46, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(46, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 73.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.62, 1.52, 60.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.62, 60.53, 88.56°)
OKLab	oklab(74.73% -0.0018 0.1338)
OKLCH	oklch(74.73% 0.134 90.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.0566, 41.6334, 9.5399)
Luminance	0.4163 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDA937 #375BCD

analogous

#CD5E37 #CDA937 #A6CD37

triadic

#CDA937 #37CDA9 #A937CD

tetradic

#CDA937 #37CD5E #375BCD #CD37A6

square

#CDA937 #37CD5E #375BCD #CD37A6

split-complementary

#CDA937 #37A6CD #5E37CD

monochromatic

#6E5A1C #9F8228 #CDA937 #D9BE68 #E5D399

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#CDA937 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.33

#CDA937 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDA937

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDA937	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDA937	1.00	2.25	9.33	9.33
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA725

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B13D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE9B92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cda937;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 169, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.7% 0.134 90.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c275',
    500: '#cda937',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cda937;
$custom-light: #e0c275;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cda937",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.6,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74733,
    "c": 0.13385,
    "h": 90.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41631
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDA937

secondary

#8F9FD1

accent

#6BE345

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDA937

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

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