#CDAC49#CDAC49

#CDAC49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.430; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.123 H 90.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDAC49
RGB	rgb(205, 172, 73)
HSL	hsl(45, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(45, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.1%, 64.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.53, 0.91, 53.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.53, 53.91, 89.04°)
OKLab	oklab(75.5% -0.0014 0.1229)
OKLCH	oklch(75.5% 0.123 90.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.1340, 42.9675, 12.4290)
Luminance	0.4296 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDAC49 #496ACD

analogous

#CD6A49 #CDAC49 #ACCD49

triadic

#CDAC49 #49CDAC #AC49CD

tetradic

#CDAC49 #49CD6A #496ACD #CD49AC

square

#CDAC49 #49CD6A #496ACD #CD49AC

split-complementary

#CDAC49 #49ACCD #6A49CD

monochromatic

#7A6422 #AA8B2F #CDAC49 #DAC279 #E7D8A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.19

#CDAC49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.59

#CDAC49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDAC49

9.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDAC49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDAC49	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)

#BEAA3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B34D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD9F97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdac49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 172, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.123 90.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c480',
    500: '#cdac49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdac49;
$custom-light: #e0c480;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdac49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 56.897,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75501,
    "c": 0.12294,
    "h": 90.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.42965
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDAC49

secondary

#9DABD5

accent

#6EE048

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDAC49

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

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