#CDAD33#CDAD33

#CDAD33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.139 H 93.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDAD33
RGB	rgb(205, 173, 51)
HSL	hsl(48, 61%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(48, 75%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.6%, 75.1%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.63, -0.78, 62.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.63, 62.99, 90.71°)
OKLab	oklab(75.52% -0.0088 0.1383)
OKLCH	oklch(75.52% 0.139 93.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.7202, 43.1077, 9.3071)
Luminance	0.4310 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDAD33 #3353CD

analogous

#CD6033 #CDAD33 #A0CD33

triadic

#CDAD33 #33CDAD #AD33CD

tetradic

#CDAD33 #33CD60 #3353CD #CD33A0

square

#CDAD33 #33CD60 #3353CD #CD33A0

split-complementary

#CDAD33 #33A0CD #6033CD

monochromatic

#6B5A1A #9C8426 #CDAD33 #D9C164 #E5D595

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#CDAD33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.62

#CDAD33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDAD33

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDAD33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDAD33	1.00	2.18	9.62	9.62
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AA1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B33A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE9F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdad33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 173, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.139 93.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1c573',
    500: '#cdad33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdad33;
$custom-light: #e1c573;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdad33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.532,
    "s": 60.63,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75523,
    "c": 0.13859,
    "h": 93.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43105
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDAD33

secondary

#8B9AD0

accent

#65E444

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDAD33

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

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