#CDAE36#CDAE36

#CDAE36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.7% C 0.137 H 94.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDAE36
RGB	rgb(205, 174, 54)
HSL	hsl(48, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(48, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.1%, 73.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.91, -1.17, 62.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.91, 62.16, 91.08°)
OKLab	oklab(75.75% -0.0096 0.1371)
OKLCH	oklch(75.75% 0.137 94)
XYZ	xyz(40.9809, 43.5199, 9.7310)
Luminance	0.4352 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDAE36 #3655CD

analogous

#CD6236 #CDAE36 #A0CD36

triadic

#CDAE36 #36CDAE #AE36CD

tetradic

#CDAE36 #36CD62 #3655CD #CD36A0

square

#CDAE36 #36CD62 #3655CD #CD36A0

split-complementary

#CDAE36 #36A0CD #6236CD

monochromatic

#6D5D1B #9E8627 #CDAE36 #D9C267 #E5D598

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#CDAE36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.70

#CDAE36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDAE36

9.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDAE36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDAE36	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)

#C1AB22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B43D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DEA096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdae36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 174, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.7% 0.137 94.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c575',
    500: '#cdae36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdae36;
$custom-light: #e0c575;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdae36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.682,
    "s": 60.159,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75749,
    "c": 0.13745,
    "h": 94
  },
  "luminance": 0.43518
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDAE36

secondary

#8E9CD1

accent

#65E344

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDAE36

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

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