#CDAD3B#CDAD3B

#CDAD3B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.134 H 92.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDAD3B
RGB	rgb(205, 173, 59)
HSL	hsl(47, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(47, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.6%, 71.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.68, -0.41, 59.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.68, 59.99, 90.39°)
OKLab	oklab(75.58% -0.0068 0.1335)
OKLCH	oklch(75.58% 0.134 92.9)
XYZ	xyz(40.9120, 43.1844, 10.3173)
Luminance	0.4318 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDAD3B #3B5BCD

analogous

#CD643B #CDAD3B #A4CD3B

triadic

#CDAD3B #3BCDAD #AD3BCD

tetradic

#CDAD3B #3BCD64 #3B5BCD #CD3BA4

square

#CDAD3B #3BCD64 #3B5BCD #CD3BA4

split-complementary

#CDAD3B #3BA4CD #643BCD

monochromatic

#715E1D #A28729 #CDAD3B #D9C16C #E6D69D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#CDAD3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.64

#CDAD3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDAD3B

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDAD3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDAD3B	1.00	2.18	9.64	9.64
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAA2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B441

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD9F96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdad3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 173, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.134 92.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c578',
    500: '#cdad3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdad3b;
$custom-light: #e0c578;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdad3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.849,
    "s": 59.35,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75581,
    "c": 0.13368,
    "h": 92.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43182
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDAD3B

secondary

#92A0D2

accent

#68E345

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDAD3B

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

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