#CDAC37#CDAC37

#CDAC37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 75.3% C 0.136 H 92.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDAC37
RGB	rgb(205, 172, 55)
HSL	hsl(47, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(47, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.1%, 73.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.39, -0.07, 61.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.39, 61.27, 90.07°)
OKLab	oklab(75.35% -0.0063 0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(75.35% 0.136 92.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.6212, 42.7624, 9.7281)
Luminance	0.4276 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDAC37 #3758CD

analogous

#CD6137 #CDAC37 #A3CD37

triadic

#CDAC37 #37CDAC #AC37CD

tetradic

#CDAC37 #37CD61 #3758CD #CD37A3

square

#CDAC37 #37CD61 #3758CD #CD37A3

split-complementary

#CDAC37 #37A3CD #6137CD

monochromatic

#6E5C1C #9F8528 #CDAC37 #D9C068 #E5D599

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#CDAC37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.55

#CDAC37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDAC37

9.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDAC37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDAC37	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)

#BFA924

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B33E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE9E95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdac37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 172, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.3% 0.136 92.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c475',
    500: '#cdac37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdac37;
$custom-light: #e0c475;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdac37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.8,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75346,
    "c": 0.1356,
    "h": 92.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDAC37

secondary

#8F9DD1

accent

#68E345

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDAC37

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

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