#CDAC36#CDAC36

#CDAC36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.136 H 92.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDAC36
RGB	rgb(205, 172, 54)
HSL	hsl(47, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(47, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.1%, 73.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.39, -0.12, 61.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.39, 61.64, 90.11°)
OKLab	oklab(75.34% -0.0066 0.1361)
OKLCH	oklch(75.34% 0.136 92.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.5974, 42.7529, 9.6031)
Luminance	0.4275 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDAC36 #3657CD

analogous

#CD6036 #CDAC36 #A3CD36

triadic

#CDAC36 #36CDAC #AC36CD

tetradic

#CDAC36 #36CD60 #3657CD #CD36A3

square

#CDAC36 #36CD60 #3657CD #CD36A3

split-complementary

#CDAC36 #36A3CD #6036CD

monochromatic

#6D5B1B #9E8427 #CDAC36 #D9C067 #E5D498

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#CDAC36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.55

#CDAC36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDAC36

9.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDAC36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDAC36	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)

#BFA923

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B33D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE9E95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdac36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 172, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.136 92.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c475',
    500: '#cdac36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdac36;
$custom-light: #e0c475;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdac36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.887,
    "s": 60.159,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75339,
    "c": 0.13621,
    "h": 92.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42751
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDAC36

secondary

#8E9DD1

accent

#67E344

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDAC36

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

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