#CDAD43#CDAD43

#CDAD43 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.128 H 92.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDAD43
RGB	rgb(205, 173, 67)
HSL	hsl(46, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(46, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.6%, 67.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.74, 0.02, 56.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.74, 56.75, 89.98°)
OKLab	oklab(75.65% -0.0047 0.128)
OKLCH	oklch(75.65% 0.128 92.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.1356, 43.2738, 11.4951)
Luminance	0.4327 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDAD43 #4363CD

analogous

#CD6843 #CDAD43 #A8CD43

triadic

#CDAD43 #43CDAD #AD43CD

tetradic

#CDAD43 #43CD68 #4363CD #CD43A8

square

#CDAD43 #43CD68 #4363CD #CD43A8

split-complementary

#CDAD43 #43A8CD #6843CD

monochromatic

#76621F #A78A2C #CDAD43 #DAC273 #E7D7A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.18

#CDAD43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.65

#CDAD43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDAD43

9.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDAD43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDAD43	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)

#BFAA36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B448

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDA097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdad43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 173, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.128 92.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c57c',
    500: '#cdad43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdad43;
$custom-light: #e0c57c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdad43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.087,
    "s": 57.983,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75648,
    "c": 0.12812,
    "h": 92.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDAD43

secondary

#98A6D4

accent

#6AE147

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDAD43

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

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