#CDAB36#CDAB36

#CDAB36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.136 H 92.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDAB36
RGB	rgb(205, 171, 54)
HSL	hsl(46, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(46, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.6%, 73.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.13, 0.41, 61.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.13, 61.39, 89.61°)
OKLab	oklab(75.13% -0.005 0.1355)
OKLCH	oklch(75.13% 0.136 92.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.4078, 42.3737, 9.5399)
Luminance	0.4237 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDAB36 #3658CD

analogous

#CD5F36 #CDAB36 #A3CD36

triadic

#CDAB36 #36CDAB #AB36CD

tetradic

#CDAB36 #36CD5F #3658CD #CD36A3

square

#CDAB36 #36CD5F #3658CD #CD36A3

split-complementary

#CDAB36 #36A3CD #5F36CD

monochromatic

#6D5B1B #9E8427 #CDAB36 #D9BF67 #E5D498

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#CDAB36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.47

#CDAB36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDAB36

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDAB36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDAB36	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)

#BEA823

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B23D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE9D94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdab36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 171, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.136 92.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c375',
    500: '#cdab36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdab36;
$custom-light: #e0c375;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdab36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.49,
    "s": 60.159,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75134,
    "c": 0.13561,
    "h": 92.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42371
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDAB36

secondary

#8E9DD1

accent

#68E344

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDAB36

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

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