#CDAA38#CDAA38

#CDAA38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.134 H 91.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDAA38
RGB	rgb(205, 170, 56)
HSL	hsl(46, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(46, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 72.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.88, 1.04, 60.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.88, 60.39, 89.02°)
OKLab	oklab(74.94% -0.003 0.1338)
OKLCH	oklch(74.94% 0.134 91.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.2676, 42.0165, 9.7297)
Luminance	0.4201 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDAA38 #385BCD

analogous

#CD5F38 #CDAA38 #A5CD38

triadic

#CDAA38 #38CDAA #AA38CD

tetradic

#CDAA38 #38CD5F #385BCD #CD38A5

square

#CDAA38 #38CD5F #385BCD #CD38A5

split-complementary

#CDAA38 #38A5CD #5F38CD

monochromatic

#6F5B1C #A08428 #CDAA38 #D9BF69 #E6D49A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#CDAA38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#CDAA38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDAA38

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDAA38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDAA38	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)

#BDA827

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B23E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE9C93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdaa38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 170, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.134 91.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c276',
    500: '#cdaa38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdaa38;
$custom-light: #e0c276;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdaa38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.906,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74944,
    "c": 0.13379,
    "h": 91.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42014
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDAA38

secondary

#8F9FD1

accent

#6AE345

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDAA38

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

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