#CDAD45#CDAD45

#CDAD45 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.127 H 91.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDAD45
RGB	rgb(205, 173, 69)
HSL	hsl(46, 58%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(46, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.6%, 66.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.76, 0.13, 55.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.76, 55.91, 89.87°)
OKLab	oklab(75.67% -0.0041 0.1266)
OKLCH	oklch(75.67% 0.127 91.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.1967, 43.2983, 11.8166)
Luminance	0.4330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDAD45 #4565CD

analogous

#CD6945 #CDAD45 #A9CD45

triadic

#CDAD45 #45CDAD #AD45CD

tetradic

#CDAD45 #45CD69 #4565CD #CD45A9

square

#CDAD45 #45CD69 #4565CD #CD45A9

split-complementary

#CDAD45 #45A9CD #6945CD

monochromatic

#776320 #A88B2D #CDAD45 #DAC275 #E7D8A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#CDAD45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.66

#CDAD45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDAD45

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDAD45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDAD45	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)

#BFAA38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B44A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDA097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdad45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 173, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.127 91.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c57e',
    500: '#cdad45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdad45;
$custom-light: #e0c57e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdad45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.882,
    "s": 57.627,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75666,
    "c": 0.12664,
    "h": 91.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43296
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDAD45

secondary

#9AA8D4

accent

#6BE147

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDAD45

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

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