#CDAB33#CDAB33

#CDAB33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.423; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.137 H 92.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDAB33
RGB	rgb(205, 171, 51)
HSL	hsl(47, 61%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(47, 75%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.6%, 75.1%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.11, 0.28, 62.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.11, 62.49, 89.74°)
OKLab	oklab(75.11% -0.0057 0.1373)
OKLCH	oklch(75.11% 0.137 92.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.3396, 42.3464, 9.1803)
Luminance	0.4234 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDAB33 #3355CD

analogous

#CD5E33 #CDAB33 #A2CD33

triadic

#CDAB33 #33CDAB #AB33CD

tetradic

#CDAB33 #33CD5E #3355CD #CD33A2

square

#CDAB33 #33CD5E #3355CD #CD33A2

split-complementary

#CDAB33 #33A2CD #5E33CD

monochromatic

#6B591A #9C8226 #CDAB33 #D9BF64 #E5D395

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#CDAB33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.47

#CDAB33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDAB33

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDAB33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDAB33	1.00	2.22	9.47	9.47
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA81E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B23A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE9D94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdab33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 171, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.137 92.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1c373',
    500: '#cdab33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdab33;
$custom-light: #e1c373;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdab33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.753,
    "s": 60.63,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75113,
    "c": 0.13738,
    "h": 92.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42344
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDAB33

secondary

#8B9BD0

accent

#67E444

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDAB33

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

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