#CDAA39#CDAA39

#CDAA39 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.133 H 91.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDAA39
RGB	rgb(205, 170, 57)
HSL	hsl(46, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(46, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 72.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.89, 1.08, 60.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.89, 60.01, 88.97°)
OKLab	oklab(74.95% -0.0028 0.1331)
OKLCH	oklch(74.95% 0.133 91.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.2923, 42.0264, 9.8598)
Luminance	0.4202 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDAA39 #395CCD

analogous

#CD6039 #CDAA39 #A6CD39

triadic

#CDAA39 #39CDAA #AA39CD

tetradic

#CDAA39 #39CD60 #395CCD #CD39A6

square

#CDAA39 #39CD60 #395CCD #CD39A6

split-complementary

#CDAA39 #39A6CD #6039CD

monochromatic

#6F5C1C #A08428 #CDAA39 #D9BF6A #E6D49B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#CDAA39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.40

#CDAA39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDAA39

9.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDAA39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDAA39	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)

#BDA828

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B23F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE9C93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdaa39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 170, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.133 91.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c276',
    500: '#cdaa39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdaa39;
$custom-light: #e0c276;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdaa39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.811,
    "s": 59.677,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74952,
    "c": 0.13316,
    "h": 91.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42024
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDAA39

secondary

#90A0D2

accent

#6AE345

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDAA39

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

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