#CDAB3F#CDAB3F

#CDAB3F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.130 H 91.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDAB3F
RGB	rgb(205, 171, 63)
HSL	hsl(46, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(46, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.6%, 69.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.19, 0.86, 57.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.19, 57.88, 89.15°)
OKLab	oklab(75.2% -0.0027 0.1297)
OKLCH	oklch(75.2% 0.13 91.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.6391, 42.4662, 10.7579)
Luminance	0.4246 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDAB3F #3F61CD

analogous

#CD643F #CDAB3F #A8CD3F

triadic

#CDAB3F #3FCDAB #AB3FCD

tetradic

#CDAB3F #3FCD64 #3F61CD #CD3FA8

square

#CDAB3F #3FCD64 #3F61CD #CD3FA8

split-complementary

#CDAB3F #3FA8CD #643FCD

monochromatic

#745F1E #A4872B #CDAB3F #DAC070 #E6D5A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#CDAB3F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.49

#CDAB3F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDAB3F

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDAB3F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDAB3F	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)

#BDA931

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B244

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD9D95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdab3f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 171, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.130 91.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c37a',
    500: '#cdab3f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdab3f;
$custom-light: #e0c37a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdab3f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.634,
    "s": 58.678,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75204,
    "c": 0.12975,
    "h": 91.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42464
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDAB3F

secondary

#95A4D3

accent

#6BE246

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDAB3F

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

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