#CDAE2D#CDAE2D

#CDAE2D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.142 H 94.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDAE2D
RGB	rgb(205, 174, 45)
HSL	hsl(48, 64%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(48, 78%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.1%, 78%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.85, -1.54, 65.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.85, 65.29, 91.35°)
OKLab	oklab(75.69% -0.0115 0.142)
OKLCH	oklch(75.69% 0.142 94.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.7888, 43.4431, 8.7191)
Luminance	0.4344 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDAE2D #2D4CCD

analogous

#CD5E2D #CDAE2D #9CCD2D

triadic

#CDAE2D #2DCDAE #AE2DCD

tetradic

#CDAE2D #2DCD5E #2D4CCD #CD2D9C

square

#CDAE2D #2DCD5E #2D4CCD #CD2D9C

split-complementary

#CDAE2D #2D9CCD #5E2DCD

monochromatic

#695917 #9B8322 #CDAE2D #DBC35C #E6D58E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#CDAE2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.69

#CDAE2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDAE2D

9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDAE2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDAE2D	1.00	2.17	9.69	9.69
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AB0F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B436

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DEA096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdae2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 174, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.142 94.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1c571',
    500: '#cdae2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdae2d;
$custom-light: #e1c571;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdae2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.375,
    "s": 64,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75692,
    "c": 0.14246,
    "h": 94.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43441
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDAE2D

secondary

#8594D1

accent

#61E741

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161208

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDAE2D

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

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