#CDAD3F#CDAD3F

#CDAD3F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.131 H 92.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDAD3F
RGB	rgb(205, 173, 63)
HSL	hsl(46, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(46, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.6%, 69.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.71, -0.20, 58.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.71, 58.40, 90.20°)
OKLab	oklab(75.61% -0.0058 0.1309)
OKLCH	oklch(75.61% 0.131 92.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.0197, 43.2275, 10.8848)
Luminance	0.4323 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDAD3F #3F5FCD

analogous

#CD663F #CDAD3F #A6CD3F

triadic

#CDAD3F #3FCDAD #AD3FCD

tetradic

#CDAD3F #3FCD66 #3F5FCD #CD3FA6

square

#CDAD3F #3FCD66 #3F5FCD #CD3FA6

split-complementary

#CDAD3F #3FA6CD #663FCD

monochromatic

#74601E #A4892B #CDAD3F #DAC270 #E6D6A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#CDAD3F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.65

#CDAD3F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDAD3F

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDAD3F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDAD3F	1.00	2.18	9.65	9.65
#FFFFFF	2.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAA30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B445

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD9F96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdad3f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 173, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.131 92.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c57a',
    500: '#cdad3f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdad3f;
$custom-light: #e0c57a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdad3f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.479,
    "s": 58.678,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75613,
    "c": 0.13098,
    "h": 92.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDAD3F

secondary

#95A3D3

accent

#69E246

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDAD3F

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

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