#CDAD4C#CDAD4C

#CDAD4C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.121 H 90.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDAD4C
RGB	rgb(205, 173, 76)
HSL	hsl(45, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(45, 63%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.6%, 62.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.82, 0.57, 52.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.82, 52.86, 89.39°)
OKLab	oklab(75.74% -0.002 0.1211)
OKLCH	oklch(75.74% 0.121 90.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.4269, 43.3904, 13.0292)
Luminance	0.4339 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDAD4C #4C6CCD

analogous

#CD6C4C #CDAD4C #ADCD4C

triadic

#CDAD4C #4CCDAD #AD4CCD

tetradic

#CDAD4C #4CCD6C #4C6CCD #CD4CAD

square

#CDAD4C #4CCD6C #4C6CCD #CD4CAD

split-complementary

#CDAD4C #4CADCD #6C4CCD

monochromatic

#7C6623 #AC8D30 #CDAD4C #DAC37C #E8D9AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#CDAD4C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.68

#CDAD4C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDAD4C

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDAD4C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDAD4C	1.00	2.17	9.68	9.68
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAB41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B450

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDA098

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdad4c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 173, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.121 90.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfc582',
    500: '#cdad4c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdad4c;
$custom-light: #dfc582;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdad4c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.116,
    "s": 56.332,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75735,
    "c": 0.12116,
    "h": 90.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43388
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDAD4C

secondary

#9FADD5

accent

#6EE048

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#16120B

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDAD4C

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

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