#CDAA34#CDAA34

#CDAA34 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.136 H 91.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDAA34
RGB	rgb(205, 170, 52)
HSL	hsl(46, 60%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(46, 75%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 74.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.86, 0.85, 61.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.86, 61.89, 89.21°)
OKLab	oklab(74.92% -0.004 0.1362)
OKLCH	oklch(74.92% 0.136 91.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.1737, 41.9790, 9.2349)
Luminance	0.4198 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDAA34 #3457CD

analogous

#CD5E34 #CDAA34 #A3CD34

triadic

#CDAA34 #34CDAA #AA34CD

tetradic

#CDAA34 #34CD5E #3457CD #CD34A3

square

#CDAA34 #34CD5E #3457CD #CD34A3

split-complementary

#CDAA34 #34A3CD #5E34CD

monochromatic

#6C591B #9D8227 #CDAA34 #D9BF65 #E5D396

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.24

#CDAA34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#CDAA34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDAA34

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDAA34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDAA34	1.00	2.24	9.40	9.40
#FFFFFF	2.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA820

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B23B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE9C93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdaa34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 170, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.136 91.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1c274',
    500: '#cdaa34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdaa34;
$custom-light: #e1c274;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdaa34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.275,
    "s": 60.474,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74916,
    "c": 0.13622,
    "h": 91.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.41977
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDAA34

secondary

#8C9CD1

accent

#69E444

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDAA34

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

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