#CDAD42#CDAD42

#CDAD42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.129 H 92.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDAD42
RGB	rgb(205, 173, 66)
HSL	hsl(46, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(46, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.6%, 67.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.73, -0.04, 57.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.73, 57.17, 90.04°)
OKLab	oklab(75.64% -0.005 0.1288)
OKLCH	oklch(75.64% 0.129 92.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.1059, 43.2619, 11.3385)
Luminance	0.4326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDAD42 #4262CD

analogous

#CD6742 #CDAD42 #A7CD42

triadic

#CDAD42 #42CDAD #AD42CD

tetradic

#CDAD42 #42CD67 #4262CD #CD42A7

square

#CDAD42 #42CD67 #4262CD #CD42A7

split-complementary

#CDAD42 #42A7CD #6742CD

monochromatic

#76621F #A68A2C #CDAD42 #DAC272 #E7D7A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#CDAD42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.65

#CDAD42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDAD42

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDAD42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDAD42	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)

#BFAA34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B447

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDA097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdad42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 173, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.129 92.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c57c',
    500: '#cdad42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdad42;
$custom-light: #e0c57c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdad42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.187,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75639,
    "c": 0.12885,
    "h": 92.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4326
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDAD42

secondary

#97A5D3

accent

#6AE146

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDAD42

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

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