#CDA93B#CDA93B

#CDA93B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.131 H 90.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDA93B
RGB	rgb(205, 169, 59)
HSL	hsl(45, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(45, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 71.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.65, 1.71, 58.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.65, 58.98, 88.34°)
OKLab	oklab(74.76% -0.0008 0.1313)
OKLCH	oklch(74.76% 0.131 90.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.1564, 41.6733, 10.0655)
Luminance	0.4167 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDA93B #3B5FCD

analogous

#CD603B #CDA93B #A8CD3B

triadic

#CDA93B #3BCDA9 #A93BCD

tetradic

#CDA93B #3BCD60 #3B5FCD #CD3BA8

square

#CDA93B #3BCD60 #3B5FCD #CD3BA8

split-complementary

#CDA93B #3BA8CD #603BCD

monochromatic

#715C1D #A28429 #CDA93B #D9BE6C #E6D49D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#CDA93B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.33

#CDA93B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDA93B

9.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDA93B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDA93B	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)

#BCA72B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B141

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE9B93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cda93b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 169, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.131 90.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c277',
    500: '#cda93b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cda93b;
$custom-light: #e0c277;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cda93b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.205,
    "s": 59.35,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74764,
    "c": 0.1313,
    "h": 90.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.41671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDA93B

secondary

#92A2D2

accent

#6CE345

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF7EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDA93B

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

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