#CDAD4D#CDAD4D

#CDAD4D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.120 H 90.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDAD4D
RGB	rgb(205, 173, 77)
HSL	hsl(45, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(45, 62%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.6%, 62.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.83, 0.63, 52.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.83, 52.41, 89.31°)
OKLab	oklab(75.75% -0.0017 0.1203)
OKLCH	oklch(75.75% 0.12 90.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.4619, 43.4044, 13.2137)
Luminance	0.4340 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDAD4D #4D6DCD

analogous

#CD6D4D #CDAD4D #ADCD4D

triadic

#CDAD4D #4DCDAD #AD4DCD

tetradic

#CDAD4D #4DCD6D #4D6DCD #CD4DAD

square

#CDAD4D #4DCD6D #4D6DCD #CD4DAD

split-complementary

#CDAD4D #4DADCD #6D4DCD

monochromatic

#7D6623 #AC8D30 #CDAD4D #DAC37D #E8D9AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#CDAD4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.68

#CDAD4D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDAD4D

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDAD4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDAD4D	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)

#BEAB43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C6B451

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDA098

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdad4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 173, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.120 90.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfc582',
    500: '#cdad4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdad4d;
$custom-light: #dfc582;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdad4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 56.14,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75746,
    "c": 0.12034,
    "h": 90.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDAD4D

secondary

#A0AED6

accent

#6EDF48

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#16120B

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDAD4D

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

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