#CDAE16#CDAE16

#CDAE16 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.433; OKLCH L 75.6% C 0.151 H 95.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDAE16
RGB	rgb(205, 174, 22)
HSL	hsl(50, 81%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(50, 89%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.1%, 89.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.77, -2.18, 71.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.77, 71.28, 91.75°)
OKLab	oklab(75.59% -0.015 0.1506)
OKLCH	oklch(75.59% 0.151 95.7)
XYZ	xyz(40.4601, 43.3116, 6.9878)
Luminance	0.4331 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDAE16 #1635CD

analogous

#CD5316 #CDAE16 #91CD16

triadic

#CDAE16 #16CDAE #AE16CD

tetradic

#CDAE16 #16CD53 #1635CD #CD1691

square

#CDAE16 #16CD53 #1635CD #CD1691

split-complementary

#CDAE16 #1691CD #5316CD

monochromatic

#5E500A #967F10 #CDAE16 #EACB37 #EFDA6E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#CDAE16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.66

#CDAE16 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDAE16

9.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDAE16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDAE16	1.00	2.17	9.66	9.66
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AA00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B425

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DE9F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdae16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 174, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.6% 0.151 95.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1c568',
    500: '#cdae16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdae16;
$custom-light: #e1c568;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdae16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.836,
    "s": 80.617,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75593,
    "c": 0.15138,
    "h": 95.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43309
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDAE16

secondary

#697CD5

accent

#52F731

background

#FEFCF6

surface

#FDF8EC

border

#D5D1C7

text

#161207

muted

#84817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDAE16

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

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