#CDAD37#CDAD37

#CDAD37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.431; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.136 H 93.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDAD37
RGB	rgb(205, 173, 55)
HSL	hsl(47, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(47, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.6%, 73.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.65, -0.60, 61.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.65, 61.52, 90.56°)
OKLab	oklab(75.55% -0.0078 0.136)
OKLCH	oklch(75.55% 0.136 93.3)
XYZ	xyz(40.8122, 43.1445, 9.7918)
Luminance	0.4314 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDAD37 #3757CD

analogous

#CD6237 #CDAD37 #A2CD37

triadic

#CDAD37 #37CDAD #AD37CD

tetradic

#CDAD37 #37CD62 #3757CD #CD37A2

square

#CDAD37 #37CD62 #3757CD #CD37A2

split-complementary

#CDAD37 #37A2CD #6237CD

monochromatic

#6E5C1C #9F8628 #CDAD37 #D9C168 #E5D599

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#CDAD37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.63

#CDAD37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDAD37

9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDAD37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDAD37	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)

#C0AA24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B43E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE9F96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdad37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 173, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.136 93.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c576',
    500: '#cdad37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdad37;
$custom-light: #e0c576;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdad37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.2,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75551,
    "c": 0.13622,
    "h": 93.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43142
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDAD37

secondary

#8F9DD1

accent

#66E345

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDAD37

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

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