#CDAB43#CDAB43

#CDAB43 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.127 H 90.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDAB43
RGB	rgb(205, 171, 67)
HSL	hsl(45, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(45, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.6%, 67.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.22, 1.08, 56.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.22, 56.22, 88.90°)
OKLab	oklab(75.24% -0.0016 0.1269)
OKLCH	oklch(75.24% 0.127 90.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.7550, 42.5126, 11.3682)
Luminance	0.4251 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDAB43 #4365CD

analogous

#CD6643 #CDAB43 #AACD43

triadic

#CDAB43 #43CDAB #AB43CD

tetradic

#CDAB43 #43CD66 #4365CD #CD43AA

square

#CDAB43 #43CD66 #4365CD #CD43AA

split-complementary

#CDAB43 #43AACD #6643CD

monochromatic

#76611F #A7882C #CDAB43 #DAC173 #E7D6A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#CDAB43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#CDAB43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDAB43

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDAB43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDAB43	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)

#BDA936

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B248

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD9D95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdab43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 171, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.127 90.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c37c',
    500: '#cdab43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdab43;
$custom-light: #e0c37c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdab43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.217,
    "s": 57.983,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75239,
    "c": 0.12689,
    "h": 90.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDAB43

secondary

#98A7D4

accent

#6DE147

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDAB43

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

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