#CDAC3C#CDAC3C

#CDAC3C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.132 H 92.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDAC3C
RGB	rgb(205, 172, 60)
HSL	hsl(46, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(46, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.1%, 70.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.43, 0.17, 59.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.43, 59.34, 89.84°)
OKLab	oklab(75.38% -0.0051 0.1323)
OKLCH	oklch(75.38% 0.132 92.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.7471, 42.8128, 10.3916)
Luminance	0.4281 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDAC3C #3C5DCD

analogous

#CD643C #CDAC3C #A6CD3C

triadic

#CDAC3C #3CCDAC #AC3CCD

tetradic

#CDAC3C #3CCD64 #3C5DCD #CD3CA6

square

#CDAC3C #3CCD64 #3C5DCD #CD3CA6

split-complementary

#CDAC3C #3CA6CD #643CCD

monochromatic

#715E1D #A2872A #CDAC3C #D9C16D #E6D59D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#CDAC3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.56

#CDAC3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDAC3C

9.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDAC3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDAC3C	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)

#BEA92C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B342

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE9E95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdac3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 172, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.132 92.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c478',
    500: '#cdac3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdac3c;
$custom-light: #e0c478;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdac3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.345,
    "s": 59.184,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75384,
    "c": 0.1324,
    "h": 92.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4281
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDAC3C

secondary

#93A1D2

accent

#69E245

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDAC3C

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

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