#CDAB41#CDAB41

#CDAB41 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.128 H 91.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDAB41
RGB	rgb(205, 171, 65)
HSL	hsl(45, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(45, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.6%, 68.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.21, 0.96, 57.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.21, 57.05, 89.03°)
OKLab	oklab(75.22% -0.0022 0.1283)
OKLCH	oklch(75.22% 0.128 91)
XYZ	xyz(40.6960, 42.4890, 11.0577)
Luminance	0.4249 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDAB41 #4163CD

analogous

#CD6541 #CDAB41 #A9CD41

triadic

#CDAB41 #41CDAB #AB41CD

tetradic

#CDAB41 #41CD65 #4163CD #CD41A9

square

#CDAB41 #41CD65 #4163CD #CD41A9

split-complementary

#CDAB41 #41A9CD #6541CD

monochromatic

#75601F #A5882C #CDAB41 #DAC071 #E6D6A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#CDAB41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#CDAB41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDAB41

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDAB41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDAB41	1.00	2.21	9.50	9.50
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA933

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B246

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD9D95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdab41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 171, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.128 91.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c37b',
    500: '#cdab41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdab41;
$custom-light: #e0c37b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdab41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.429,
    "s": 58.333,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75222,
    "c": 0.12834,
    "h": 91
  },
  "luminance": 0.42487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDAB41

secondary

#97A5D3

accent

#6CE246

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDAB41

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

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