#CDAC33#CDAC33

#CDAC33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.138 H 93.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDAC33
RGB	rgb(205, 172, 51)
HSL	hsl(47, 61%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(47, 75%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.1%, 75.1%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.37, -0.25, 62.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.37, 62.74, 90.23°)
OKLab	oklab(75.32% -0.0073 0.1378)
OKLCH	oklch(75.32% 0.138 93)
XYZ	xyz(40.5292, 42.7256, 9.2435)
Luminance	0.4272 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDAC33 #3354CD

analogous

#CD5F33 #CDAC33 #A1CD33

triadic

#CDAC33 #33CDAC #AC33CD

tetradic

#CDAC33 #33CD5F #3354CD #CD33A1

square

#CDAC33 #33CD5F #3354CD #CD33A1

split-complementary

#CDAC33 #33A1CD #5F33CD

monochromatic

#6B5A1A #9C8326 #CDAC33 #D9C064 #E5D495

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#CDAC33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.54

#CDAC33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDAC33

9.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDAC33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDAC33	1.00	2.20	9.54	9.54
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFA91D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B33A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE9E94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdac33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 172, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.138 93.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1c473',
    500: '#cdac33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdac33;
$custom-light: #e1c473;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdac33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.143,
    "s": 60.63,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75318,
    "c": 0.13798,
    "h": 93
  },
  "luminance": 0.42723
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDAC33

secondary

#8B9AD0

accent

#66E444

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDAC33

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

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