#CDAD3C#CDAD3C

#CDAD3C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.133 H 92.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDAD3C
RGB	rgb(205, 173, 60)
HSL	hsl(47, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(47, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.6%, 70.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.69, -0.36, 59.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.69, 59.60, 90.35°)
OKLab	oklab(75.59% -0.0066 0.1329)
OKLCH	oklch(75.59% 0.133 92.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.9382, 43.1949, 10.4552)
Luminance	0.4319 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDAD3C #3C5CCD

analogous

#CD653C #CDAD3C #A4CD3C

triadic

#CDAD3C #3CCDAD #AD3CCD

tetradic

#CDAD3C #3CCD65 #3C5CCD #CD3CA4

square

#CDAD3C #3CCD65 #3C5CCD #CD3CA4

split-complementary

#CDAD3C #3CA4CD #653CCD

monochromatic

#715F1D #A2882A #CDAD3C #D9C16D #E6D69D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#CDAD3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.64

#CDAD3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDAD3C

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDAD3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDAD3C	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)

#BFAA2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B442

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD9F96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdad3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 173, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.133 92.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c578',
    500: '#cdad3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdad3c;
$custom-light: #e0c578;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdad3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.759,
    "s": 59.184,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75589,
    "c": 0.13301,
    "h": 92.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43193
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDAD3C

secondary

#93A1D2

accent

#68E245

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDAD3C

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

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