#CDAC3B#CDAC3B

#CDAC3B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.133 H 92.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDAC3B
RGB	rgb(205, 172, 59)
HSL	hsl(46, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(46, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.1%, 71.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.42, 0.12, 59.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.42, 59.73, 89.89°)
OKLab	oklab(75.38% -0.0053 0.133)
OKLCH	oklch(75.38% 0.133 92.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.7210, 42.8023, 10.2537)
Luminance	0.4280 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDAC3B #3B5CCD

analogous

#CD633B #CDAC3B #A5CD3B

triadic

#CDAC3B #3BCDAC #AC3BCD

tetradic

#CDAC3B #3BCD63 #3B5CCD #CD3BA5

square

#CDAC3B #3BCD63 #3B5CCD #CD3BA5

split-complementary

#CDAC3B #3BA5CD #633BCD

monochromatic

#715E1D #A28629 #CDAC3B #D9C16C #E6D59D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#CDAC3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56

#CDAC3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDAC3B

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDAC3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDAC3B	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)

#BFA92B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B341

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE9E95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdac3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 172, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.133 92.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c478',
    500: '#cdac3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdac3b;
$custom-light: #e0c478;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdac3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.438,
    "s": 59.35,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75376,
    "c": 0.13306,
    "h": 92.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.428
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDAC3B

secondary

#92A0D2

accent

#69E345

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDAC3B

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

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