#CDAB37#CDAB37

#CDAB37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 75.1% C 0.135 H 92.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDAB37
RGB	rgb(205, 171, 55)
HSL	hsl(46, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(46, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.6%, 73.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.13, 0.46, 61.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.13, 61.02, 89.57°)
OKLab	oklab(75.14% -0.0048 0.1349)
OKLCH	oklch(75.14% 0.135 92)
XYZ	xyz(40.4316, 42.3832, 9.6649)
Luminance	0.4238 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDAB37 #3759CD

analogous

#CD6037 #CDAB37 #A4CD37

triadic

#CDAB37 #37CDAB #AB37CD

tetradic

#CDAB37 #37CD60 #3759CD #CD37A4

square

#CDAB37 #37CD60 #3759CD #CD37A4

split-complementary

#CDAB37 #37A4CD #6037CD

monochromatic

#6E5B1C #9F8428 #CDAB37 #D9C068 #E5D499

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#CDAB37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.48

#CDAB37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDAB37

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDAB37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDAB37	1.00	2.22	9.48	9.48
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA825

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B23D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE9D94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdab37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 171, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.1% 0.135 92.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c375',
    500: '#cdab37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdab37;
$custom-light: #e0c375;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdab37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.4,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75141,
    "c": 0.135,
    "h": 92
  },
  "luminance": 0.42381
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDAB37

secondary

#8F9ED1

accent

#69E345

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDAB37

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

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