#CDAB44#CDAB44

#CDAB44 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 75.2% C 0.126 H 90.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDAB44
RGB	rgb(205, 171, 68)
HSL	hsl(45, 58%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(45, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.6%, 66.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.23, 1.13, 55.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.23, 55.80, 88.84°)
OKLab	oklab(75.25% -0.0013 0.1262)
OKLCH	oklch(75.25% 0.126 90.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.7852, 42.5247, 11.5276)
Luminance	0.4252 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDAB44 #4466CD

analogous

#CD6644 #CDAB44 #ABCD44

triadic

#CDAB44 #44CDAB #AB44CD

tetradic

#CDAB44 #44CD66 #4466CD #CD44AB

square

#CDAB44 #44CD66 #4466CD #CD44AB

split-complementary

#CDAB44 #44ABCD #6644CD

monochromatic

#776120 #A7892D #CDAB44 #DAC174 #E7D6A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#CDAB44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.50

#CDAB44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDAB44

9.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDAB44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDAB44	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)

#BDA937

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B249

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD9E95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdab44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 171, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.2% 0.126 90.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c37d',
    500: '#cdab44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdab44;
$custom-light: #e0c37d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdab44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.109,
    "s": 57.806,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75249,
    "c": 0.12616,
    "h": 90.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42522
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDAB44

secondary

#99A8D4

accent

#6DE147

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDAB44

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

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