#CDAA3E#CDAA3E

#CDAA3E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.130 H 90.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDAA3E
RGB	rgb(205, 170, 62)
HSL	hsl(45, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(45, 70%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 69.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.93, 1.33, 58.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.93, 58.03, 88.68°)
OKLab	oklab(74.99% -0.0015 0.1299)
OKLCH	oklch(74.99% 0.13 90.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.4232, 42.0788, 10.5494)
Luminance	0.4208 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDAA3E #3E61CD

analogous

#CD633E #CDAA3E #A8CD3E

triadic

#CDAA3E #3ECDAA #AA3ECD

tetradic

#CDAA3E #3ECD63 #3E61CD #CD3EA8

square

#CDAA3E #3ECD63 #3E61CD #CD3EA8

split-complementary

#CDAA3E #3EA8CD #633ECD

monochromatic

#735E1E #A3862A #CDAA3E #DABF6F #E6D59F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#CDAA3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42

#CDAA3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDAA3E

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDAA3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDAA3E	1.00	2.23	9.42	9.42
#FFFFFF	2.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA82F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B243

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE9C94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdaa3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 170, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.130 90.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c279',
    500: '#cdaa3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdaa3e;
$custom-light: #e0c279;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdaa3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.315,
    "s": 58.848,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74992,
    "c": 0.12986,
    "h": 90.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDAA3E

secondary

#94A4D3

accent

#6CE246

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDAA3E

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

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