#CDAD40#CDAD40

#CDAD40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.130 H 92.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDAD40
RGB	rgb(205, 173, 64)
HSL	hsl(46, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(46, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.6%, 68.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.72, -0.15, 57.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.72, 57.99, 90.15°)
OKLab	oklab(75.62% -0.0055 0.1302)
OKLCH	oklch(75.62% 0.13 92.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.0479, 43.2388, 11.0333)
Luminance	0.4324 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDAD40 #4060CD

analogous

#CD6640 #CDAD40 #A6CD40

triadic

#CDAD40 #40CDAD #AD40CD

tetradic

#CDAD40 #40CD66 #4060CD #CD40A6

square

#CDAD40 #40CD66 #4060CD #CD40A6

split-complementary

#CDAD40 #40A6CD #6640CD

monochromatic

#74611E #A5892B #CDAD40 #DAC271 #E6D7A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#CDAD40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.65

#CDAD40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDAD40

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDAD40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDAD40	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)

#BFAA32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B446

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD9F97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdad40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 173, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.130 92.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c57b',
    500: '#cdad40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdad40;
$custom-light: #e0c57b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdad40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.383,
    "s": 58.506,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75621,
    "c": 0.13028,
    "h": 92.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43236
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDAD40

secondary

#96A4D3

accent

#69E246

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDAD40

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

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