#CDAE34#CDAE34

#CDAE34 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	#CDAE34
RGB	rgb(205, 174, 52)
HSL	hsl(48, 60%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(48, 75%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.1%, 74.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.89, -1.26, 62.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.89, 62.88, 91.15°)
OKLab	oklab(75.74% -0.01 0.1383)
OKLCH	oklch(75.74% 0.139 94.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.9349, 43.5015, 9.4887)
Luminance	0.4350 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDAE34 #3453CD

analogous

#CD6134 #CDAE34 #9FCD34

triadic

#CDAE34 #34CDAE #AE34CD

tetradic

#CDAE34 #34CD61 #3453CD #CD349F

square

#CDAE34 #34CD61 #3453CD #CD349F

split-complementary

#CDAE34 #349FCD #6134CD

monochromatic

#6C5C1B #9D8527 #CDAE34 #D9C265 #E5D596

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#CDAE34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.70

#CDAE34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDAE34

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDAE34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDAE34	1.00	2.16	9.70	9.70
#FFFFFF	2.16	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)

#C1AB1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B43B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DEA096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdae34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 174, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.139 94.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c574',
    500: '#cdae34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdae34;
$custom-light: #e0c574;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdae34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.843,
    "s": 60.474,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75735,
    "c": 0.13863,
    "h": 94.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43499
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDAE34

secondary

#8C9AD1

accent

#64E444

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDAE34

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

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