#CDAB45#CDAB45

#CDAB45 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.425; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.125 H 90.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDAB45
RGB	rgb(205, 171, 69)
HSL	hsl(45, 58%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(45, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.6%, 66.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.24, 1.19, 55.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.24, 55.37, 88.77°)
OKLab	oklab(75.26% -0.001 0.1254)
OKLCH	oklch(75.26% 0.125 90.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.8160, 42.5370, 11.6897)
Luminance	0.4254 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDAB45 #4567CD

analogous

#CD6745 #CDAB45 #ABCD45

triadic

#CDAB45 #45CDAB #AB45CD

tetradic

#CDAB45 #45CD67 #4567CD #CD45AB

square

#CDAB45 #45CD67 #4567CD #CD45AB

split-complementary

#CDAB45 #45ABCD #6745CD

monochromatic

#776220 #A8892D #CDAB45 #DAC175 #E7D7A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#CDAB45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.51

#CDAB45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDAB45

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDAB45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDAB45	1.00	2.21	9.51	9.51
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA939

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C5B24A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD9E95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdab45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 171, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.125 90.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c37d',
    500: '#cdab45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdab45;
$custom-light: #e0c37d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdab45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 57.627,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75258,
    "c": 0.12541,
    "h": 90.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDAB45

secondary

#9AA8D4

accent

#6DE147

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF7EE

border

#D5D0C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDAB45

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

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