#CDAD35#CDAD35

#CDAD35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.137 H 93.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDAD35
RGB	rgb(205, 173, 53)
HSL	hsl(47, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(47, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.6%, 74.1%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.64, -0.69, 62.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.64, 62.26, 90.64°)
OKLab	oklab(75.54% -0.0083 0.1372)
OKLCH	oklch(75.54% 0.137 93.5)
XYZ	xyz(40.7652, 43.1257, 9.5444)
Luminance	0.4312 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDAD35 #3555CD

analogous

#CD6135 #CDAD35 #A1CD35

triadic

#CDAD35 #35CDAD #AD35CD

tetradic

#CDAD35 #35CD61 #3555CD #CD35A1

square

#CDAD35 #35CD61 #3555CD #CD35A1

split-complementary

#CDAD35 #35A1CD #6135CD

monochromatic

#6D5B1B #9E8527 #CDAD35 #D9C166 #E5D597

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#CDAD35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.62

#CDAD35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDAD35

9.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDAD35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDAD35	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)

#C0AA21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B43C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE9F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdad35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 173, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.137 93.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c575',
    500: '#cdad35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdad35;
$custom-light: #e0c575;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdad35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.368,
    "s": 60.317,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75537,
    "c": 0.13742,
    "h": 93.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43123
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDAD35

secondary

#8D9BD1

accent

#66E344

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDAD35

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

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