#CDAE33#CDAE33

#CDAE33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.139 H 94.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDAE33
RGB	rgb(205, 174, 51)
HSL	hsl(48, 61%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(48, 75%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.1%, 75.1%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.89, -1.30, 63.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.89, 63.24, 91.18°)
OKLab	oklab(75.73% -0.0103 0.1388)
OKLCH	oklch(75.73% 0.139 94.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.9127, 43.4926, 9.3713)
Luminance	0.4349 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDAE33 #3352CD

analogous

#CD6133 #CDAE33 #9FCD33

triadic

#CDAE33 #33CDAE #AE33CD

tetradic

#CDAE33 #33CD61 #3352CD #CD339F

square

#CDAE33 #33CD61 #3352CD #CD339F

split-complementary

#CDAE33 #339FCD #6133CD

monochromatic

#6B5B1A #9C8526 #CDAE33 #D9C264 #E5D595

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#CDAE33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.70

#CDAE33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDAE33

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDAE33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDAE33	1.00	2.17	9.70	9.70
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AB1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B43B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DEA096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdae33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 174, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.139 94.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c574',
    500: '#cdae33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdae33;
$custom-light: #e0c574;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdae33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.922,
    "s": 60.63,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75729,
    "c": 0.13921,
    "h": 94.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4349
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDAE33

secondary

#8B99D0

accent

#64E444

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDAE33

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

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