#CDAD34#CDAD34

#CDAD34 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.138 H 93.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDAD34
RGB	rgb(205, 173, 52)
HSL	hsl(47, 60%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(47, 75%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.6%, 74.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.63, -0.73, 62.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.63, 62.63, 90.67°)
OKLab	oklab(75.53% -0.0085 0.1377)
OKLCH	oklch(75.53% 0.138 93.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.7425, 43.1166, 9.4245)
Luminance	0.4311 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDAD34 #3454CD

analogous

#CD6034 #CDAD34 #A0CD34

triadic

#CDAD34 #34CDAD #AD34CD

tetradic

#CDAD34 #34CD60 #3454CD #CD34A0

square

#CDAD34 #34CD60 #3454CD #CD34A0

split-complementary

#CDAD34 #34A0CD #6034CD

monochromatic

#6C5B1B #9D8427 #CDAD34 #D9C165 #E5D596

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#CDAD34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.62

#CDAD34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDAD34

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDAD34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDAD34	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)

#C0AA1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B43B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE9F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdad34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 173, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.138 93.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c574',
    500: '#cdad34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdad34;
$custom-light: #e0c574;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdad34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.451,
    "s": 60.474,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7553,
    "c": 0.138,
    "h": 93.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43114
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDAD34

secondary

#8C9BD1

accent

#66E444

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDAD34

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

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