#CDAD41#CDAD41

#CDAD41 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.432; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.130 H 92.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDAD41
RGB	rgb(205, 173, 65)
HSL	hsl(46, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(46, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.6%, 68.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.72, -0.10, 57.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.72, 57.58, 90.10°)
OKLab	oklab(75.63% -0.0052 0.1295)
OKLCH	oklch(75.63% 0.13 92.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.0767, 43.2503, 11.1846)
Luminance	0.4325 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDAD41 #4161CD

analogous

#CD6741 #CDAD41 #A7CD41

triadic

#CDAD41 #41CDAD #AD41CD

tetradic

#CDAD41 #41CD67 #4161CD #CD41A7

square

#CDAD41 #41CD67 #4161CD #CD41A7

split-complementary

#CDAD41 #41A7CD #6741CD

monochromatic

#75611F #A5892C #CDAD41 #DAC271 #E6D7A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#CDAD41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.65

#CDAD41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDAD41

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDAD41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDAD41	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)

#BFAA33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B446

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD9F97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdad41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 173, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.130 92.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c57b',
    500: '#cdad41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdad41;
$custom-light: #e0c57b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdad41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.286,
    "s": 58.333,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7563,
    "c": 0.12957,
    "h": 92.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43248
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDAD41

secondary

#97A4D3

accent

#6AE246

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDAD41

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

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