#CDAC45#CDAC45

#CDAC45 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.429; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.126 H 91.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDAC45
RGB	rgb(205, 172, 69)
HSL	hsl(45, 58%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(45, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.1%, 66.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.50, 0.66, 55.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.50, 55.64, 89.32°)
OKLab	oklab(75.46% -0.0026 0.126)
OKLCH	oklch(75.46% 0.126 91.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.0056, 42.9162, 11.7529)
Luminance	0.4291 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDAC45 #4566CD

analogous

#CD6845 #CDAC45 #AACD45

triadic

#CDAC45 #45CDAC #AC45CD

tetradic

#CDAC45 #45CD68 #4566CD #CD45AA

square

#CDAC45 #45CD68 #4566CD #CD45AA

split-complementary

#CDAC45 #45AACD #6845CD

monochromatic

#776220 #A88A2D #CDAC45 #DAC275 #E7D7A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#CDAC45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.58

#CDAC45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDAC45

9.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDAC45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDAC45	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)

#BEAA39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B34A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD9F96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdac45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 172, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.126 91.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c47d',
    500: '#cdac45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdac45;
$custom-light: #e0c47d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdac45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.441,
    "s": 57.627,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75462,
    "c": 0.12602,
    "h": 91.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.42914
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDAC45

secondary

#9AA8D4

accent

#6CE147

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDAC45

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

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