#CDAA36#CDAA36

#CDAA36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.135 H 91.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDAA36
RGB	rgb(205, 170, 54)
HSL	hsl(46, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(46, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 73.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.87, 0.94, 61.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.87, 61.15, 89.12°)
OKLab	oklab(74.93% -0.0035 0.135)
OKLCH	oklch(74.93% 0.135 91.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.2197, 41.9974, 9.4772)
Luminance	0.4199 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDAA36 #3659CD

analogous

#CD5E36 #CDAA36 #A4CD36

triadic

#CDAA36 #36CDAA #AA36CD

tetradic

#CDAA36 #36CD5E #3659CD #CD36A4

square

#CDAA36 #36CD5E #3659CD #CD36A4

split-complementary

#CDAA36 #36A4CD #5E36CD

monochromatic

#6D5A1B #9E8327 #CDAA36 #D9BF67 #E5D398

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#CDAA36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#CDAA36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDAA36

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDAA36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDAA36	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)

#BDA823

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B23C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE9C93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdaa36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 170, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.135 91.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c275',
    500: '#cdaa36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdaa36;
$custom-light: #e0c275;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdaa36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.093,
    "s": 60.159,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7493,
    "c": 0.13503,
    "h": 91.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.41995
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDAA36

secondary

#8E9DD1

accent

#69E344

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDAA36

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

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