#CDAC41#CDAC41

#CDAC41 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.129 H 91.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDAC41
RGB	rgb(205, 172, 65)
HSL	hsl(46, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(46, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.1%, 68.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.47, 0.43, 57.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.47, 57.32, 89.57°)
OKLab	oklab(75.43% -0.0037 0.1289)
OKLCH	oklch(75.43% 0.129 91.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.8856, 42.8682, 11.1209)
Luminance	0.4287 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDAC41 #4162CD

analogous

#CD6641 #CDAC41 #A8CD41

triadic

#CDAC41 #41CDAC #AC41CD

tetradic

#CDAC41 #41CD66 #4162CD #CD41A8

square

#CDAC41 #41CD66 #4162CD #CD41A8

split-complementary

#CDAC41 #41A8CD #6641CD

monochromatic

#75611F #A5892C #CDAC41 #DAC171 #E6D6A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#CDAC41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.57

#CDAC41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDAC41

9.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDAC41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDAC41	1.00	2.19	9.57	9.57
#FFFFFF	2.19	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)

#BEAA33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B346

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD9E96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdac41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 172, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.129 91.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c47b',
    500: '#cdac41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdac41;
$custom-light: #e0c47b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdac41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.857,
    "s": 58.333,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75426,
    "c": 0.12894,
    "h": 91.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.42866
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDAC41

secondary

#97A5D3

accent

#6BE246

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDAC41

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

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