#CDAD3D#CDAD3D

#CDAD3D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.132 H 92.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDAD3D
RGB	rgb(205, 173, 61)
HSL	hsl(47, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(47, 70%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.6%, 70.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.69, -0.31, 59.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.69, 59.20, 90.30°)
OKLab	oklab(75.6% -0.0063 0.1322)
OKLCH	oklch(75.6% 0.132 92.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.9649, 43.2055, 10.5958)
Luminance	0.4320 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDAD3D #3D5DCD

analogous

#CD653D #CDAD3D #A5CD3D

triadic

#CDAD3D #3DCDAD #AD3DCD

tetradic

#CDAD3D #3DCD65 #3D5DCD #CD3DA5

square

#CDAD3D #3DCD65 #3D5DCD #CD3DA5

split-complementary

#CDAD3D #3DA5CD #653DCD

monochromatic

#725F1D #A3882A #CDAD3D #DAC26E #E6D69E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#CDAD3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.64

#CDAD3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDAD3D

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDAD3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDAD3D	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)

#BFAA2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B443

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD9F96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdad3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 173, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.132 92.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c579',
    500: '#cdad3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdad3d;
$custom-light: #e0c579;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdad3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.667,
    "s": 59.016,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75597,
    "c": 0.13234,
    "h": 92.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43203
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDAD3D

secondary

#93A1D2

accent

#68E246

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDAD3D

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

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