#CDAD4A#CDAD4A

#CDAD4A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.123 H 91.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDAD4A
RGB	rgb(205, 173, 74)
HSL	hsl(45, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(45, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.6%, 63.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.80, 0.44, 53.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.80, 53.74, 89.53°)
OKLab	oklab(75.72% -0.0026 0.1227)
OKLCH	oklch(75.72% 0.123 91.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.3585, 43.3630, 12.6687)
Luminance	0.4336 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDAD4A #4A6ACD

analogous

#CD6C4A #CDAD4A #ABCD4A

triadic

#CDAD4A #4ACDAD #AD4ACD

tetradic

#CDAD4A #4ACD6C #4A6ACD #CD4AAB

square

#CDAD4A #4ACD6C #4A6ACD #CD4AAB

split-complementary

#CDAD4A #4AABCD #6C4ACD

monochromatic

#7B6522 #AB8C2F #CDAD4A #DAC37A #E7D8AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#CDAD4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.67

#CDAD4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDAD4A

9.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDAD4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDAD4A	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)

#BFAB3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B44E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDA098

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdad4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 173, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.123 91.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c581',
    500: '#cdad4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdad4a;
$custom-light: #e0c581;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdad4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.344,
    "s": 56.71,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75715,
    "c": 0.12277,
    "h": 91.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43361
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDAD4A

secondary

#9EABD5

accent

#6DE048

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDAD4A

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

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