#CDAA35#CDAA35

#CDAA35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.136 H 91.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDAA35
RGB	rgb(205, 170, 53)
HSL	hsl(46, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(46, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 74.1%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.86, 0.90, 61.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.86, 61.52, 89.16°)
OKLab	oklab(74.92% -0.0038 0.1356)
OKLCH	oklch(74.92% 0.136 91.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.1964, 41.9881, 9.3548)
Luminance	0.4199 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDAA35 #3558CD

analogous

#CD5E35 #CDAA35 #A4CD35

triadic

#CDAA35 #35CDAA #AA35CD

tetradic

#CDAA35 #35CD5E #3558CD #CD35A4

square

#CDAA35 #35CD5E #3558CD #CD35A4

split-complementary

#CDAA35 #35A4CD #5E35CD

monochromatic

#6D5A1B #9E8227 #CDAA35 #D9BF66 #E5D397

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#CDAA35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#CDAA35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDAA35

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDAA35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDAA35	1.00	2.23	9.40	9.40
#FFFFFF	2.23	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)

#BDA822

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B23C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE9C93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdaa35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 170, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.136 91.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c274',
    500: '#cdaa35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdaa35;
$custom-light: #e0c274;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdaa35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.184,
    "s": 60.317,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74923,
    "c": 0.13563,
    "h": 91.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.41986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDAA35

secondary

#8D9DD1

accent

#69E344

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDAA35

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

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