#CDAC39#CDAC39

#CDAC39 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.134 H 92.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDAC39
RGB	rgb(205, 172, 57)
HSL	hsl(47, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(47, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.1%, 72.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.41, 0.02, 60.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.41, 60.51, 89.98°)
OKLab	oklab(75.36% -0.0058 0.1342)
OKLCH	oklch(75.36% 0.134 92.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.6701, 42.7820, 9.9857)
Luminance	0.4278 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDAC39 #395ACD

analogous

#CD6239 #CDAC39 #A4CD39

triadic

#CDAC39 #39CDAC #AC39CD

tetradic

#CDAC39 #39CD62 #395ACD #CD39A4

square

#CDAC39 #39CD62 #395ACD #CD39A4

split-complementary

#CDAC39 #39A4CD #6239CD

monochromatic

#6F5D1C #A08628 #CDAC39 #D9C06A #E6D59B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#CDAC39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56

#CDAC39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDAC39

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDAC39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDAC39	1.00	2.20	9.56	9.56
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFA928

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B33F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE9E95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdac39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 172, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.134 92.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c477',
    500: '#cdac39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdac39;
$custom-light: #e0c477;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdac39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.622,
    "s": 59.677,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75361,
    "c": 0.13435,
    "h": 92.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDAC39

secondary

#909FD2

accent

#68E345

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDAC39

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

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