#CDAB34#CDAB34

#CDAB34 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.137 H 92.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDAB34
RGB	rgb(205, 171, 52)
HSL	hsl(47, 60%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(47, 75%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.6%, 74.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.12, 0.32, 62.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.12, 62.13, 89.70°)
OKLab	oklab(75.12% -0.0055 0.1367)
OKLCH	oklch(75.12% 0.137 92.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.3618, 42.3553, 9.2976)
Luminance	0.4235 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDAB34 #3456CD

analogous

#CD5F34 #CDAB34 #A2CD34

triadic

#CDAB34 #34CDAB #AB34CD

tetradic

#CDAB34 #34CD5F #3456CD #CD34A2

square

#CDAB34 #34CD5F #3456CD #CD34A2

split-complementary

#CDAB34 #34A2CD #5F34CD

monochromatic

#6C5A1B #9D8327 #CDAB34 #D9BF65 #E5D496

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#CDAB34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.47

#CDAB34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDAB34

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDAB34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDAB34	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)

#BEA820

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B23B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE9D94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdab34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 171, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.137 92.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1c374',
    500: '#cdab34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdab34;
$custom-light: #e1c374;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdab34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.667,
    "s": 60.474,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7512,
    "c": 0.1368,
    "h": 92.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42353
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDAB34

secondary

#8C9BD1

accent

#68E444

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDAB34

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

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