#CDAC3A#CDAC3A

#CDAC3A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.134 H 92.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDAC3A
RGB	rgb(205, 172, 58)
HSL	hsl(47, 60%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(47, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.1%, 71.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.41, 0.07, 60.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.41, 60.12, 89.93°)
OKLab	oklab(75.37% -0.0056 0.1336)
OKLCH	oklch(75.37% 0.134 92.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.6953, 42.7920, 10.1184)
Luminance	0.4279 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDAC3A #3A5BCD

analogous

#CD633A #CDAC3A #A4CD3A

triadic

#CDAC3A #3ACDAC #AC3ACD

tetradic

#CDAC3A #3ACD63 #3A5BCD #CD3AA4

square

#CDAC3A #3ACD63 #3A5BCD #CD3AA4

split-complementary

#CDAC3A #3AA4CD #633ACD

monochromatic

#705D1C #A18629 #CDAC3A #D9C16B #E6D59C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#CDAC3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56

#CDAC3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDAC3A

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDAC3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDAC3A	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)

#BFA929

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B340

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE9E95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdac3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 172, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.134 92.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c477',
    500: '#cdac3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdac3a;
$custom-light: #e0c477;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdac3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.531,
    "s": 59.514,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75368,
    "c": 0.13371,
    "h": 92.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4279
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDAC3A

secondary

#91A0D2

accent

#68E345

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDAC3A

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →