#CDAD4B#CDAD4B

#CDAD4B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.122 H 91.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDAD4B
RGB	rgb(205, 173, 75)
HSL	hsl(45, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(45, 63%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.6%, 63.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.81, 0.50, 53.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.81, 53.30, 89.46°)
OKLab	oklab(75.72% -0.0023 0.122)
OKLCH	oklch(75.72% 0.122 91.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.3924, 43.3766, 12.8475)
Luminance	0.4337 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDAD4B #4B6BCD

analogous

#CD6C4B #CDAD4B #ACCD4B

triadic

#CDAD4B #4BCDAD #AD4BCD

tetradic

#CDAD4B #4BCD6C #4B6BCD #CD4BAC

square

#CDAD4B #4BCD6C #4B6BCD #CD4BAC

split-complementary

#CDAD4B #4BACCD #6C4BCD

monochromatic

#7B6522 #AB8D30 #CDAD4B #DAC37B #E8D9AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#CDAD4B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.67

#CDAD4B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDAD4B

9.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDAD4B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDAD4B	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)

#BFAB40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B44F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDA098

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdad4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 173, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.122 91.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c581',
    500: '#cdad4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdad4b;
$custom-light: #e0c581;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdad4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.231,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75725,
    "c": 0.12197,
    "h": 91.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43374
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDAD4B

secondary

#9FACD5

accent

#6DE048

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#16120B

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDAD4B

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

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