#CDAA3C#CDAA3C

#CDAA3C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.131 H 90.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDAA3C
RGB	rgb(205, 170, 60)
HSL	hsl(46, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(46, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 70.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.91, 1.23, 58.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.91, 58.83, 88.80°)
OKLab	oklab(74.98% -0.002 0.1312)
OKLCH	oklch(74.98% 0.131 90.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.3694, 42.0572, 10.2656)
Luminance	0.4205 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDAA3C #3C5FCD

analogous

#CD613C #CDAA3C #A8CD3C

triadic

#CDAA3C #3CCDAA #AA3CCD

tetradic

#CDAA3C #3CCD61 #3C5FCD #CD3CA8

square

#CDAA3C #3CCD61 #3C5FCD #CD3CA8

split-complementary

#CDAA3C #3CA8CD #613CCD

monochromatic

#715D1D #A2852A #CDAA3C #D9BF6D #E6D49D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#CDAA3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.41

#CDAA3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDAA3C

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDAA3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDAA3C	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)

#BDA82D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B242

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE9C94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ADADAD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdaa3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 170, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.131 90.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c278',
    500: '#cdaa3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdaa3c;
$custom-light: #e0c278;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdaa3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.517,
    "s": 59.184,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74976,
    "c": 0.13121,
    "h": 90.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42055
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDAA3C

secondary

#93A2D2

accent

#6BE245

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDAA3C

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

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