#CDAC3E#CDAC3E

#CDAC3E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.428; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.131 H 92.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDAC3E
RGB	rgb(205, 172, 62)
HSL	hsl(46, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(46, 70%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.1%, 69.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.44, 0.27, 58.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.44, 58.54, 89.73°)
OKLab	oklab(75.4% -0.0045 0.131)
OKLCH	oklch(75.4% 0.131 92)
XYZ	xyz(40.8010, 42.8343, 10.6753)
Luminance	0.4283 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDAC3E #3E5FCD

analogous

#CD653E #CDAC3E #A6CD3E

triadic

#CDAC3E #3ECDAC #AC3ECD

tetradic

#CDAC3E #3ECD65 #3E5FCD #CD3EA6

square

#CDAC3E #3ECD65 #3E5FCD #CD3EA6

split-complementary

#CDAC3E #3EA6CD #653ECD

monochromatic

#735F1E #A3882A #CDAC3E #DAC16F #E6D69F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.20

#CDAC3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.57

#CDAC3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDAC3E

9.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDAC3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDAC3E	1.00	2.20	9.57	9.57
#FFFFFF	2.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEA92F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B344

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD9E95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdac3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 172, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.131 92.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c479',
    500: '#cdac3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdac3e;
$custom-light: #e0c479;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdac3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.154,
    "s": 58.848,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.754,
    "c": 0.13105,
    "h": 92
  },
  "luminance": 0.42832
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDAC3E

secondary

#94A3D3

accent

#6AE246

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDAC3E

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

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