#CDAB42#CDAB42

#CDAB42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.128 H 90.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDAB42
RGB	rgb(205, 171, 66)
HSL	hsl(45, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(45, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.6%, 67.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.21, 1.02, 56.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.21, 56.64, 88.97°)
OKLab	oklab(75.23% -0.0019 0.1276)
OKLCH	oklch(75.23% 0.128 90.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.7252, 42.5007, 11.2116)
Luminance	0.4250 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDAB42 #4264CD

analogous

#CD6542 #CDAB42 #A9CD42

triadic

#CDAB42 #42CDAB #AB42CD

tetradic

#CDAB42 #42CD65 #4264CD #CD42A9

square

#CDAB42 #42CD65 #4264CD #CD42A9

split-complementary

#CDAB42 #42A9CD #6542CD

monochromatic

#76601F #A6882C #CDAB42 #DAC172 #E7D6A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#CDAB42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#CDAB42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDAB42

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDAB42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDAB42	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)

#BDA935

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B247

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD9D95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdab42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 171, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.128 90.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c37c',
    500: '#cdab42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdab42;
$custom-light: #e0c37c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdab42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.324,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7523,
    "c": 0.12762,
    "h": 90.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.42498
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDAB42

secondary

#97A6D3

accent

#6CE146

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDAB42

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

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