#CDAC35#CDAC35

#CDAC35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.427; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.137 H 92.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDAC35
RGB	rgb(205, 172, 53)
HSL	hsl(47, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(47, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.1%, 74.1%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.38, -0.16, 62.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.38, 62.01, 90.15°)
OKLab	oklab(75.33% -0.0068 0.1366)
OKLCH	oklch(75.33% 0.137 92.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.5742, 42.7436, 9.4807)
Luminance	0.4274 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDAC35 #3556CD

analogous

#CD6035 #CDAC35 #A2CD35

triadic

#CDAC35 #35CDAC #AC35CD

tetradic

#CDAC35 #35CD60 #3556CD #CD35A2

square

#CDAC35 #35CD60 #3556CD #CD35A2

split-complementary

#CDAC35 #35A2CD #6035CD

monochromatic

#6D5B1B #9E8427 #CDAC35 #D9C066 #E5D497

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#CDAC35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.55

#CDAC35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDAC35

9.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDAC35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDAC35	1.00	2.20	9.55	9.55
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFA921

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B33C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE9E95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdac35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 172, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.137 92.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c474',
    500: '#cdac35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdac35;
$custom-light: #e0c474;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdac35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.974,
    "s": 60.317,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75332,
    "c": 0.13681,
    "h": 92.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDAC35

secondary

#8D9CD1

accent

#67E344

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDAC35

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

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