#CDAB40#CDAB40

#CDAB40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.129 H 91.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDAB40
RGB	rgb(205, 171, 64)
HSL	hsl(46, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(46, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.6%, 68.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.20, 0.91, 57.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.20, 57.47, 89.09°)
OKLab	oklab(75.21% -0.0025 0.129)
OKLCH	oklch(75.21% 0.129 91.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.6673, 42.4775, 10.9065)
Luminance	0.4248 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDAB40 #4062CD

analogous

#CD6540 #CDAB40 #A8CD40

triadic

#CDAB40 #40CDAB #AB40CD

tetradic

#CDAB40 #40CD65 #4062CD #CD40A8

square

#CDAB40 #40CD65 #4062CD #CD40A8

split-complementary

#CDAB40 #40A8CD #6540CD

monochromatic

#74601E #A5872B #CDAB40 #DAC071 #E6D6A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#CDAB40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.49

#CDAB40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDAB40

9.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDAB40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDAB40	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)

#BDA932

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B245

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD9D95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdab40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 171, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.129 91.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c37a',
    500: '#cdab40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdab40;
$custom-light: #e0c37a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdab40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.532,
    "s": 58.506,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75213,
    "c": 0.12905,
    "h": 91.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.42475
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDAB40

secondary

#96A5D3

accent

#6CE246

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDAB40

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

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