#CDAD39#CDAD39

#CDAD39 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.135 H 93.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDAD39
RGB	rgb(205, 173, 57)
HSL	hsl(47, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(47, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.6%, 72.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.67, -0.51, 60.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.67, 60.77, 90.48°)
OKLab	oklab(75.57% -0.0073 0.1348)
OKLCH	oklch(75.57% 0.135 93.1)
XYZ	xyz(40.8611, 43.1640, 10.0494)
Luminance	0.4316 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDAD39 #3959CD

analogous

#CD6339 #CDAD39 #A3CD39

triadic

#CDAD39 #39CDAD #AD39CD

tetradic

#CDAD39 #39CD63 #3959CD #CD39A3

square

#CDAD39 #39CD63 #3959CD #CD39A3

split-complementary

#CDAD39 #39A3CD #6339CD

monochromatic

#6F5D1C #A08628 #CDAD39 #D9C16A #E6D59B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#CDAD39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.63

#CDAD39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDAD39

9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDAD39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDAD39	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)

#C0AA27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B43F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE9F96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdad39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 173, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.135 93.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c577',
    500: '#cdad39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdad39;
$custom-light: #e0c577;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdad39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.027,
    "s": 59.677,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75565,
    "c": 0.13496,
    "h": 93.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43162
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDAD39

secondary

#909ED2

accent

#67E345

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDAD39

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

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