#CDAB3D#CDAB3D

#CDAB3D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.131 H 91.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDAB3D
RGB	rgb(205, 171, 61)
HSL	hsl(46, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(46, 70%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.6%, 70.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.18, 0.75, 58.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.18, 58.68, 89.27°)
OKLab	oklab(75.19% -0.0033 0.1311)
OKLCH	oklch(75.19% 0.131 91.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.5842, 42.4443, 10.4689)
Luminance	0.4244 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDAB3D #3D5FCD

analogous

#CD633D #CDAB3D #A7CD3D

triadic

#CDAB3D #3DCDAB #AB3DCD

tetradic

#CDAB3D #3DCD63 #3D5FCD #CD3DA7

square

#CDAB3D #3DCD63 #3D5FCD #CD3DA7

split-complementary

#CDAB3D #3DA7CD #633DCD

monochromatic

#725E1D #A3862A #CDAB3D #DAC06E #E6D59E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#CDAB3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.49

#CDAB3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDAB3D

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDAB3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDAB3D	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)

#BEA92E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B243

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE9D95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdab3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 171, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.131 91.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c379',
    500: '#cdab3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdab3d;
$custom-light: #e0c379;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdab3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.833,
    "s": 59.016,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75188,
    "c": 0.13112,
    "h": 91.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42442
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDAB3D

secondary

#93A2D2

accent

#6BE246

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDAB3D

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

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