#CDAD3A#CDAD3A

#CDAD3A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.134 H 93.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDAD3A
RGB	rgb(205, 173, 58)
HSL	hsl(47, 60%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(47, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.6%, 71.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.67, -0.46, 60.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.67, 60.38, 90.44°)
OKLab	oklab(75.57% -0.0071 0.1341)
OKLCH	oklch(75.57% 0.134 93)
XYZ	xyz(40.8863, 43.1741, 10.1821)
Luminance	0.4317 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDAD3A #3A5ACD

analogous

#CD643A #CDAD3A #A4CD3A

triadic

#CDAD3A #3ACDAD #AD3ACD

tetradic

#CDAD3A #3ACD64 #3A5ACD #CD3AA4

square

#CDAD3A #3ACD64 #3A5ACD #CD3AA4

split-complementary

#CDAD3A #3AA4CD #643ACD

monochromatic

#705E1C #A18729 #CDAD3A #D9C16B #E6D69C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#CDAD3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.63

#CDAD3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDAD3A

9.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDAD3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDAD3A	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)

#C0AA29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B440

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE9F96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdad3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 173, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.134 93.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c577',
    500: '#cdad3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdad3a;
$custom-light: #e0c577;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdad3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.939,
    "s": 59.514,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75573,
    "c": 0.13432,
    "h": 93
  },
  "luminance": 0.43172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDAD3A

secondary

#919FD2

accent

#67E345

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDAD3A

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

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