#CDAD38#CDAD38

#CDAD38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.136 H 93.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDAD38
RGB	rgb(205, 173, 56)
HSL	hsl(47, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(47, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.6%, 72.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.66, -0.55, 61.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.66, 61.15, 90.52°)
OKLab	oklab(75.56% -0.0076 0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(75.56% 0.136 93.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.8364, 43.1542, 9.9193)
Luminance	0.4315 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDAD38 #3858CD

analogous

#CD6238 #CDAD38 #A2CD38

triadic

#CDAD38 #38CDAD #AD38CD

tetradic

#CDAD38 #38CD62 #3858CD #CD38A2

square

#CDAD38 #38CD62 #3858CD #CD38A2

split-complementary

#CDAD38 #38A2CD #6238CD

monochromatic

#6F5D1C #A08628 #CDAD38 #D9C169 #E6D59A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#CDAD38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.63

#CDAD38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDAD38

9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDAD38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDAD38	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)

#C0AA26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B43F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE9F96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdad38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 173, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.136 93.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c576',
    500: '#cdad38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdad38;
$custom-light: #e0c576;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdad38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.114,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75558,
    "c": 0.13559,
    "h": 93.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDAD38

secondary

#8F9ED1

accent

#67E345

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDAD38

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

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