#CDAA3D#CDAA3D

#CDAA3D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.131 H 90.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDAA3D
RGB	rgb(205, 170, 61)
HSL	hsl(45, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(45, 70%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 70.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.92, 1.28, 58.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.92, 58.43, 88.74°)
OKLab	oklab(74.98% -0.0018 0.1305)
OKLCH	oklch(74.98% 0.131 90.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.3961, 42.0679, 10.4062)
Luminance	0.4207 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDAA3D #3D60CD

analogous

#CD623D #CDAA3D #A8CD3D

triadic

#CDAA3D #3DCDAA #AA3DCD

tetradic

#CDAA3D #3DCD62 #3D60CD #CD3DA8

square

#CDAA3D #3DCD62 #3D60CD #CD3DA8

split-complementary

#CDAA3D #3DA8CD #623DCD

monochromatic

#725E1D #A3852A #CDAA3D #DABF6E #E6D59E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#CDAA3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.41

#CDAA3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDAA3D

9.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDAA3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDAA3D	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)

#BDA82E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B242

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE9C94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdaa3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 170, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.131 90.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c279',
    500: '#cdaa3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdaa3d;
$custom-light: #e0c279;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdaa3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.417,
    "s": 59.016,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74984,
    "c": 0.13054,
    "h": 90.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42066
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDAA3D

secondary

#93A3D2

accent

#6CE246

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDAA3D

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

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