#CDAA40#CDAA40

#CDAA40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.421; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.128 H 90.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDAA40
RGB	rgb(205, 170, 64)
HSL	hsl(45, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(45, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 68.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.94, 1.44, 57.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.94, 57.21, 88.56°)
OKLab	oklab(75.01% -0.0009 0.1285)
OKLCH	oklch(75.01% 0.128 90.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.4791, 42.1012, 10.8437)
Luminance	0.4210 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDAA40 #4063CD

analogous

#CD6340 #CDAA40 #AACD40

triadic

#CDAA40 #40CDAA #AA40CD

tetradic

#CDAA40 #40CD63 #4063CD #CD40AA

square

#CDAA40 #40CD63 #4063CD #CD40AA

split-complementary

#CDAA40 #40AACD #6340CD

monochromatic

#745F1E #A5872B #CDAA40 #DAC071 #E6D5A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.23

#CDAA40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.42

#CDAA40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDAA40

9.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDAA40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDAA40	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)

#BCA832

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B245

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD9C94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdaa40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 170, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.128 90.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c37a',
    500: '#cdaa40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdaa40;
$custom-light: #e0c37a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdaa40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.106,
    "s": 58.506,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75009,
    "c": 0.12846,
    "h": 90.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42099
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDAA40

secondary

#96A5D3

accent

#6DE246

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDAA40

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

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