#CDAE37#CDAE37

#CDAE37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.137 H 93.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDAE37
RGB	rgb(205, 174, 55)
HSL	hsl(48, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(48, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.1%, 73.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.91, -1.13, 61.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.91, 61.78, 91.05°)
OKLab	oklab(75.76% -0.0093 0.1365)
OKLCH	oklch(75.76% 0.137 93.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.0047, 43.5294, 9.8559)
Luminance	0.4353 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDAE37 #3756CD

analogous

#CD6337 #CDAE37 #A1CD37

triadic

#CDAE37 #37CDAE #AE37CD

tetradic

#CDAE37 #37CD63 #3756CD #CD37A1

square

#CDAE37 #37CD63 #3756CD #CD37A1

split-complementary

#CDAE37 #37A1CD #6337CD

monochromatic

#6E5D1C #9F8628 #CDAE37 #D9C268 #E5D699

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#CDAE37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.71

#CDAE37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDAE37

9.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDAE37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDAE37	1.00	2.16	9.71	9.71
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AB24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B43E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DEA096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdae37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 174, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.137 93.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c576',
    500: '#cdae37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdae37;
$custom-light: #e0c576;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdae37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.6,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75756,
    "c": 0.13684,
    "h": 93.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43527
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDAE37

secondary

#8F9CD1

accent

#65E345

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDAE37

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

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