#CDAD3E#CDAD3E

#CDAD3E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.132 H 92.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDAD3E
RGB	rgb(205, 173, 62)
HSL	hsl(47, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(47, 70%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.6%, 69.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.70, -0.26, 58.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.70, 58.80, 90.25°)
OKLab	oklab(75.61% -0.0061 0.1315)
OKLCH	oklch(75.61% 0.132 92.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.9921, 43.2164, 10.7390)
Luminance	0.4321 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDAD3E #3E5ECD

analogous

#CD653E #CDAD3E #A6CD3E

triadic

#CDAD3E #3ECDAD #AD3ECD

tetradic

#CDAD3E #3ECD65 #3E5ECD #CD3EA6

square

#CDAD3E #3ECD65 #3E5ECD #CD3EA6

split-complementary

#CDAD3E #3EA6CD #653ECD

monochromatic

#73601E #A3882A #CDAD3E #DAC26F #E6D69F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#CDAD3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.64

#CDAD3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDAD3E

9.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDAD3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDAD3E	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)

#BFAA2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B444

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD9F96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdad3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 173, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.132 92.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c579',
    500: '#cdad3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdad3e;
$custom-light: #e0c579;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdad3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.573,
    "s": 58.848,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75605,
    "c": 0.13166,
    "h": 92.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43214
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDAD3E

secondary

#94A2D3

accent

#69E246

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDAD3E

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

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