#CDAD47#CDAD47

#CDAD47 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.125 H 91.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDAD47
RGB	rgb(205, 173, 71)
HSL	hsl(46, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(46, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.6%, 65.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.77, 0.25, 55.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.77, 55.05, 89.74°)
OKLab	oklab(75.69% -0.0035 0.1251)
OKLCH	oklch(75.69% 0.125 91.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.2598, 43.3235, 12.1490)
Luminance	0.4332 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDAD47 #4767CD

analogous

#CD6A47 #CDAD47 #AACD47

triadic

#CDAD47 #47CDAD #AD47CD

tetradic

#CDAD47 #47CD6A #4767CD #CD47AA

square

#CDAD47 #47CD6A #4767CD #CD47AA

split-complementary

#CDAD47 #47AACD #6A47CD

monochromatic

#796421 #A98C2E #CDAD47 #DAC277 #E7D8A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#CDAD47 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.66

#CDAD47 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDAD47

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDAD47	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDAD47	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)

#BFAB3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B44C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDA097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdad47;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 173, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.125 91.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c57f',
    500: '#cdad47',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdad47;
$custom-light: #e0c57f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdad47",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.672,
    "s": 57.265,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75685,
    "c": 0.12512,
    "h": 91.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43321
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDAD47

secondary

#9BA9D4

accent

#6CE147

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDAD47

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

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