#CDAB3C#CDAB3C

#CDAB3C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.132 H 91.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDAB3C
RGB	rgb(205, 171, 60)
HSL	hsl(46, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(46, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.6%, 70.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.17, 0.70, 59.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.17, 59.08, 89.32°)
OKLab	oklab(75.18% -0.0035 0.1318)
OKLCH	oklch(75.18% 0.132 91.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.5575, 42.4336, 10.3284)
Luminance	0.4243 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDAB3C #3C5ECD

analogous

#CD633C #CDAB3C #A7CD3C

triadic

#CDAB3C #3CCDAB #AB3CCD

tetradic

#CDAB3C #3CCD63 #3C5ECD #CD3CA7

square

#CDAB3C #3CCD63 #3C5ECD #CD3CA7

split-complementary

#CDAB3C #3CA7CD #633CCD

monochromatic

#715E1D #A2862A #CDAB3C #D9C06D #E6D59D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#CDAB3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.49

#CDAB3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDAB3C

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDAB3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDAB3C	1.00	2.21	9.49	9.49
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA92C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B242

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE9D94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdab3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 171, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.132 91.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c378',
    500: '#cdab3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdab3c;
$custom-light: #e0c378;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdab3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.931,
    "s": 59.184,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75179,
    "c": 0.1318,
    "h": 91.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42431
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDAB3C

secondary

#93A2D2

accent

#6AE245

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDAB3C

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

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