#CDAA37#CDAA37

#CDAA37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.134 H 91.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDAA37
RGB	rgb(205, 170, 55)
HSL	hsl(46, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(46, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 73.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.88, 0.99, 60.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.88, 60.77, 89.07°)
OKLab	oklab(74.94% -0.0033 0.1344)
OKLCH	oklch(74.94% 0.134 91.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.2434, 42.0069, 9.6022)
Luminance	0.4200 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDAA37 #375ACD

analogous

#CD5F37 #CDAA37 #A5CD37

triadic

#CDAA37 #37CDAA #AA37CD

tetradic

#CDAA37 #37CD5F #375ACD #CD37A5

square

#CDAA37 #37CD5F #375ACD #CD37A5

split-complementary

#CDAA37 #37A5CD #5F37CD

monochromatic

#6E5B1C #9F8328 #CDAA37 #D9BF68 #E5D499

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#CDAA37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#CDAA37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDAA37

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDAA37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDAA37	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)

#BDA825

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B23D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE9C93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdaa37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 170, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.134 91.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c275',
    500: '#cdaa37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdaa37;
$custom-light: #e0c275;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdaa37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74937,
    "c": 0.13442,
    "h": 91.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42004
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDAA37

secondary

#8F9ED1

accent

#6AE345

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDAA37

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

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