#CDAC48#CDAC48

#CDAC48 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.124 H 90.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDAC48
RGB	rgb(205, 172, 72)
HSL	hsl(45, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(45, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.1%, 64.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.52, 0.84, 54.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.52, 54.34, 89.11°)
OKLab	oklab(75.49% -0.0017 0.1237)
OKLCH	oklch(75.49% 0.124 90.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.1011, 42.9544, 12.2558)
Luminance	0.4295 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDAC48 #4869CD

analogous

#CD6A48 #CDAC48 #ACCD48

triadic

#CDAC48 #48CDAC #AC48CD

tetradic

#CDAC48 #48CD6A #4869CD #CD48AC

square

#CDAC48 #48CD6A #4869CD #CD48AC

split-complementary

#CDAC48 #48ACCD #6A48CD

monochromatic

#796421 #A98B2E #CDAC48 #DAC278 #E7D8A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#CDAC48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.59

#CDAC48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDAC48

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDAC48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDAC48	1.00	2.19	9.59	9.59
#FFFFFF	2.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BEAA3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B34D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD9F97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdac48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 172, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.124 90.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c47f',
    500: '#cdac48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdac48;
$custom-light: #e0c47f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdac48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.113,
    "s": 57.082,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75491,
    "c": 0.12372,
    "h": 90.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.42952
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDAC48

secondary

#9CAAD5

accent

#6DE047

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDAC48

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

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