#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
RGBrgb(205, 173, 51)
HSLhsl(48, 61%, 50%)
HSVhsv(48, 75%, 80%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 15.6%, 75.1%, 19.6%)
CIE-LABlab(71.63, -0.78, 62.98)
CIE-LCHlch(71.63, 62.99, 90.71°)
OKLaboklab(75.52% -0.0088 0.1383)
OKLCHoklch(75.52% 0.139 93.6)
XYZxyz(40.7202, 43.1077, 9.3071)
Luminance0.4310 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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
##CDAD331.002.189.629.62
#FFFFFF2.181.0021.0021.00
#0000009.6221.001.001.00
##0000009.6221.001.001.00

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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#CDAD33 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva