#CDA93C#CDA93C

#CDA93C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.417; OKLCH L 74.8% C 0.131 H 90.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDA93C
RGB	rgb(205, 169, 60)
HSL	hsl(45, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(45, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 70.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.65, 1.76, 58.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.65, 58.58, 88.28°)
OKLab	oklab(74.77% -0.0005 0.1306)
OKLCH	oklch(74.77% 0.131 90.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.1826, 41.6838, 10.2034)
Luminance	0.4168 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDA93C #3C60CD

analogous

#CD603C #CDA93C #A9CD3C

triadic

#CDA93C #3CCDA9 #A93CCD

tetradic

#CDA93C #3CCD60 #3C60CD #CD3CA9

square

#CDA93C #3CCD60 #3C60CD #CD3CA9

split-complementary

#CDA93C #3CA9CD #603CCD

monochromatic

#715D1D #A2842A #CDA93C #D9BE6D #E6D49D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.25

#CDA93C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.34

#CDA93C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDA93C

9.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDA93C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDA93C	1.00	2.25	9.34	9.34
#FFFFFF	2.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA72D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B141

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE9B93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cda93c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 169, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.8% 0.131 90.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c278',
    500: '#cda93c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cda93c;
$custom-light: #e0c278;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cda93c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.103,
    "s": 59.184,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74772,
    "c": 0.13064,
    "h": 90.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.41681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDA93C

secondary

#93A2D2

accent

#6CE245

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDA93C

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

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