#CDAA3B#CDAA3B

#CDAA3B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.420; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.132 H 91.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDAA3B
RGB	rgb(205, 170, 59)
HSL	hsl(46, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(46, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 71.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.90, 1.18, 59.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.90, 59.23, 88.86°)
OKLab	oklab(74.97% -0.0023 0.1319)
OKLCH	oklch(74.97% 0.132 91)
XYZ	xyz(40.3432, 42.0468, 10.1277)
Luminance	0.4204 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDAA3B #3B5ECD

analogous

#CD613B #CDAA3B #A7CD3B

triadic

#CDAA3B #3BCDAA #AA3BCD

tetradic

#CDAA3B #3BCD61 #3B5ECD #CD3BA7

square

#CDAA3B #3BCD61 #3B5ECD #CD3BA7

split-complementary

#CDAA3B #3BA7CD #613BCD

monochromatic

#715D1D #A28529 #CDAA3B #D9BF6C #E6D49D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#CDAA3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.41

#CDAA3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDAA3B

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDAA3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDAA3B	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)

#BDA82B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B241

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE9C94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdaa3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 170, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.132 91.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c277',
    500: '#cdaa3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdaa3b;
$custom-light: #e0c277;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdaa3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.616,
    "s": 59.35,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74968,
    "c": 0.13187,
    "h": 91
  },
  "luminance": 0.42044
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDAA3B

secondary

#92A1D2

accent

#6BE345

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDAA3B

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

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