#CDAA3F#CDAA3F

#CDAA3F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.129 H 90.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDAA3F
RGB	rgb(205, 170, 63)
HSL	hsl(45, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(45, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 69.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.93, 1.39, 57.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.93, 57.62, 88.62°)
OKLab	oklab(75% -0.0012 0.1292)
OKLCH	oklch(75% 0.129 90.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.4509, 42.0899, 10.6952)
Luminance	0.4209 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDAA3F #3F62CD

analogous

#CD633F #CDAA3F #A9CD3F

triadic

#CDAA3F #3FCDAA #AA3FCD

tetradic

#CDAA3F #3FCD63 #3F62CD #CD3FA9

square

#CDAA3F #3FCD63 #3F62CD #CD3FA9

split-complementary

#CDAA3F #3FA9CD #633FCD

monochromatic

#745E1E #A4862B #CDAA3F #DABF70 #E6D5A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#CDAA3F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42

#CDAA3F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDAA3F

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDAA3F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDAA3F	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)

#BDA831

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B244

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE9C94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdaa3f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 170, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.129 90.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c37a',
    500: '#cdaa3f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdaa3f;
$custom-light: #e0c37a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdaa3f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.211,
    "s": 58.678,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75,
    "c": 0.12917,
    "h": 90.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42087
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDAA3F

secondary

#95A4D3

accent

#6CE246

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDAA3F

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

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