#CDAD44#CDAD44

#CDAD44 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.127 H 92.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDAD44
RGB	rgb(205, 173, 68)
HSL	hsl(46, 58%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(46, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.6%, 66.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.75, 0.07, 56.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.75, 56.33, 89.93°)
OKLab	oklab(75.66% -0.0044 0.1273)
OKLCH	oklch(75.66% 0.127 92)
XYZ	xyz(41.1659, 43.2859, 11.6545)
Luminance	0.4328 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDAD44 #4464CD

analogous

#CD6844 #CDAD44 #A9CD44

triadic

#CDAD44 #44CDAD #AD44CD

tetradic

#CDAD44 #44CD68 #4464CD #CD44A9

square

#CDAD44 #44CD68 #4464CD #CD44A9

split-complementary

#CDAD44 #44A9CD #6844CD

monochromatic

#776220 #A78B2D #CDAD44 #DAC274 #E7D7A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#CDAD44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.66

#CDAD44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDAD44

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDAD44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDAD44	1.00	2.17	9.66	9.66
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAA37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B449

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDA097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdad44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 173, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.127 92.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c57d',
    500: '#cdad44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdad44;
$custom-light: #e0c57d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdad44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.985,
    "s": 57.806,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75657,
    "c": 0.12739,
    "h": 92
  },
  "luminance": 0.43284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDAD44

secondary

#99A7D4

accent

#6BE147

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDAD44

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

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