#CDAD48#CDAD48

#CDAD48 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.124 H 91.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDAD48
RGB	rgb(205, 173, 72)
HSL	hsl(46, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(46, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.6%, 64.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.78, 0.31, 54.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.78, 54.62, 89.67°)
OKLab	oklab(75.7% -0.0032 0.1243)
OKLCH	oklch(75.7% 0.124 91.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.2921, 43.3364, 12.3195)
Luminance	0.4333 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDAD48 #4868CD

analogous

#CD6B48 #CDAD48 #ABCD48

triadic

#CDAD48 #48CDAD #AD48CD

tetradic

#CDAD48 #48CD6B #4868CD #CD48AB

square

#CDAD48 #48CD6B #4868CD #CD48AB

split-complementary

#CDAD48 #48ABCD #6B48CD

monochromatic

#796421 #A98C2E #CDAD48 #DAC378 #E7D8A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#CDAD48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.67

#CDAD48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDAD48

9.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDAD48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDAD48	1.00	2.17	9.67	9.67
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAB3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B44D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDA097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdad48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 173, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.124 91.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c57f',
    500: '#cdad48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdad48;
$custom-light: #e0c57f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdad48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.564,
    "s": 57.082,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75695,
    "c": 0.12434,
    "h": 91.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43334
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDAD48

secondary

#9CAAD5

accent

#6CE047

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDAD48

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

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