#CDAB3A#CDAB3A

#CDAB3A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.133 H 91.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDAB3A
RGB	rgb(205, 171, 58)
HSL	hsl(46, 60%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(46, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.6%, 71.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.15, 0.60, 59.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.15, 59.87, 89.43°)
OKLab	oklab(75.16% -0.0041 0.133)
OKLCH	oklch(75.16% 0.133 91.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.5057, 42.4128, 10.0552)
Luminance	0.4241 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDAB3A #3A5CCD

analogous

#CD623A #CDAB3A #A6CD3A

triadic

#CDAB3A #3ACDAB #AB3ACD

tetradic

#CDAB3A #3ACD62 #3A5CCD #CD3AA6

square

#CDAB3A #3ACD62 #3A5CCD #CD3AA6

split-complementary

#CDAB3A #3AA6CD #623ACD

monochromatic

#705D1C #A18529 #CDAB3A #D9C06B #E6D59C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#CDAB3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.48

#CDAB3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDAB3A

9.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDAB3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDAB3A	1.00	2.21	9.48	9.48
#FFFFFF	2.21	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)

#BEA929

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B240

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE9D94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdab3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 171, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.133 91.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c377',
    500: '#cdab3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdab3a;
$custom-light: #e0c377;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdab3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.122,
    "s": 59.514,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75164,
    "c": 0.1331,
    "h": 91.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4241
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDAB3A

secondary

#91A0D2

accent

#6AE345

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FDF7ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDAB3A

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

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