#CDAD49#CDAD49

#CDAD49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.124 H 91.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDAD49
RGB	rgb(205, 173, 73)
HSL	hsl(45, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(45, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.6%, 64.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.79, 0.37, 54.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.79, 54.18, 89.60°)
OKLab	oklab(75.71% -0.0029 0.1235)
OKLCH	oklch(75.71% 0.124 91.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.3250, 43.3496, 12.4927)
Luminance	0.4335 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDAD49 #4969CD

analogous

#CD6B49 #CDAD49 #ABCD49

triadic

#CDAD49 #49CDAD #AD49CD

tetradic

#CDAD49 #49CD6B #4969CD #CD49AB

square

#CDAD49 #49CD6B #4969CD #CD49AB

split-complementary

#CDAD49 #49ABCD #6B49CD

monochromatic

#7A6522 #AA8C2F #CDAD49 #DAC379 #E7D8A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#CDAD49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.67

#CDAD49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDAD49

9.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDAD49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDAD49	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)

#BFAB3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B44E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDA098

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdad49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 173, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.124 91.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c580',
    500: '#cdad49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdad49;
$custom-light: #e0c580;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdad49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.455,
    "s": 56.897,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75705,
    "c": 0.12356,
    "h": 91.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43347
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDAD49

secondary

#9DABD5

accent

#6DE048

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDAD49

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

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