#CDAA3A#CDAA3A

#CDAA3A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.133 H 91.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDAA3A
RGB	rgb(205, 170, 58)
HSL	hsl(46, 60%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(46, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 71.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.90, 1.13, 59.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.90, 59.62, 88.91°)
OKLab	oklab(74.96% -0.0025 0.1325)
OKLCH	oklch(74.96% 0.133 91.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.3175, 42.0365, 9.9925)
Luminance	0.4203 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDAA3A #3A5DCD

analogous

#CD613A #CDAA3A #A7CD3A

triadic

#CDAA3A #3ACDAA #AA3ACD

tetradic

#CDAA3A #3ACD61 #3A5DCD #CD3AA7

square

#CDAA3A #3ACD61 #3A5DCD #CD3AA7

split-complementary

#CDAA3A #3AA7CD #613ACD

monochromatic

#705C1C #A18429 #CDAA3A #D9BF6B #E6D49C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#CDAA3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.41

#CDAA3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDAA3A

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDAA3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDAA3A	1.00	2.23	9.41	9.41
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA82A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B240

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE9C93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdaa3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 170, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.133 91.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c277',
    500: '#cdaa3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdaa3a;
$custom-light: #e0c277;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdaa3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.714,
    "s": 59.514,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7496,
    "c": 0.13252,
    "h": 91.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42034
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDAA3A

secondary

#91A0D2

accent

#6BE345

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDAA3A

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

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