#CDAD36#CDAD36

#CDAD36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 75.5% C 0.137 H 93.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDAD36
RGB	rgb(205, 173, 54)
HSL	hsl(47, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(47, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.6%, 73.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.65, -0.65, 61.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.65, 61.90, 90.60°)
OKLab	oklab(75.54% -0.0081 0.1366)
OKLCH	oklch(75.54% 0.137 93.4)
XYZ	xyz(40.7885, 43.1350, 9.6668)
Luminance	0.4313 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDAD36 #3656CD

analogous

#CD6136 #CDAD36 #A1CD36

triadic

#CDAD36 #36CDAD #AD36CD

tetradic

#CDAD36 #36CD61 #3656CD #CD36A1

square

#CDAD36 #36CD61 #3656CD #CD36A1

split-complementary

#CDAD36 #36A1CD #6136CD

monochromatic

#6D5C1B #9E8527 #CDAD36 #D9C167 #E5D598

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#CDAD36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.63

#CDAD36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDAD36

9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDAD36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDAD36	1.00	2.18	9.63	9.63
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AA22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B43D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE9F96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AFAFAF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdad36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 173, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.5% 0.137 93.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c575',
    500: '#cdad36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdad36;
$custom-light: #e0c575;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdad36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.285,
    "s": 60.159,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75544,
    "c": 0.13682,
    "h": 93.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43133
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDAD36

secondary

#8E9CD1

accent

#66E344

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDAD36

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

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