#CDAB3E#CDAB3E

#CDAB3E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.130 H 91.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDAB3E
RGB	rgb(205, 171, 62)
HSL	hsl(46, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(46, 70%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.6%, 69.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.18, 0.80, 58.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.18, 58.28, 89.21°)
OKLab	oklab(75.2% -0.003 0.1304)
OKLCH	oklch(75.2% 0.13 91.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.6114, 42.4551, 10.6121)
Luminance	0.4245 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDAB3E #3E60CD

analogous

#CD633E #CDAB3E #A8CD3E

triadic

#CDAB3E #3ECDAB #AB3ECD

tetradic

#CDAB3E #3ECD63 #3E60CD #CD3EA8

square

#CDAB3E #3ECD63 #3E60CD #CD3EA8

split-complementary

#CDAB3E #3EA8CD #633ECD

monochromatic

#735F1E #A3872A #CDAB3E #DAC06F #E6D59F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#CDAB3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.49

#CDAB3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDAB3E

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDAB3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDAB3E	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)

#BDA92F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B243

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD9D95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdab3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 171, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.130 91.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c379',
    500: '#cdab3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdab3e;
$custom-light: #e0c379;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdab3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.734,
    "s": 58.848,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75196,
    "c": 0.13044,
    "h": 91.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.42453
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDAB3E

secondary

#94A3D3

accent

#6BE246

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDAB3E

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

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