#CDAA33#CDAA33

#CDAA33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.137 H 91.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDAA33
RGB	rgb(205, 170, 51)
HSL	hsl(46, 61%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(46, 75%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 75.1%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.85, 0.81, 62.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.85, 62.25, 89.25°)
OKLab	oklab(74.91% -0.0042 0.1367)
OKLCH	oklch(74.91% 0.137 91.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.1514, 41.9700, 9.1175)
Luminance	0.4197 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDAA33 #3356CD

analogous

#CD5D33 #CDAA33 #A3CD33

triadic

#CDAA33 #33CDAA #AA33CD

tetradic

#CDAA33 #33CD5D #3356CD #CD33A3

square

#CDAA33 #33CD5D #3356CD #CD33A3

split-complementary

#CDAA33 #33A3CD #5D33CD

monochromatic

#6B591A #9C8226 #CDAA33 #D9BE64 #E5D395

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#CDAA33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.39

#CDAA33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDAA33

9.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDAA33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDAA33	1.00	2.24	9.39	9.39
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA81E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B23A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE9C93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdaa33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 170, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.137 91.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1c273',
    500: '#cdaa33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdaa33;
$custom-light: #e1c273;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdaa33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.364,
    "s": 60.63,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74909,
    "c": 0.13681,
    "h": 91.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.41968
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDAA33

secondary

#8B9BD0

accent

#68E444

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDAA33

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

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