#CDAC42#CDAC42

#CDAC42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 75.4% C 0.128 H 91.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDAC42
RGB	rgb(205, 172, 66)
HSL	hsl(46, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(46, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.1%, 67.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.47, 0.49, 56.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.47, 56.90, 89.51°)
OKLab	oklab(75.43% -0.0034 0.1282)
OKLCH	oklch(75.43% 0.128 91.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.9148, 42.8799, 11.2748)
Luminance	0.4288 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDAC42 #4263CD

analogous

#CD6642 #CDAC42 #A9CD42

triadic

#CDAC42 #42CDAC #AC42CD

tetradic

#CDAC42 #42CD66 #4263CD #CD42A9

square

#CDAC42 #42CD66 #4263CD #CD42A9

split-complementary

#CDAC42 #42A9CD #6642CD

monochromatic

#76611F #A6892C #CDAC42 #DAC172 #E7D7A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#CDAC42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.58

#CDAC42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDAC42

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDAC42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDAC42	1.00	2.19	9.58	9.58
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAA35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B347

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD9E96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdac42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 172, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.4% 0.128 91.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c47c',
    500: '#cdac42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdac42;
$custom-light: #e0c47c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdac42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.755,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75434,
    "c": 0.12823,
    "h": 91.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.42878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDAC42

secondary

#97A6D3

accent

#6BE146

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDAC42

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

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