#CDAE38#CDAE38

#CDAE38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.136 H 93.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDAE38
RGB	rgb(205, 174, 56)
HSL	hsl(48, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(48, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.1%, 72.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.92, -1.08, 61.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.92, 61.41, 91.01°)
OKLab	oklab(75.76% -0.0091 0.1359)
OKLCH	oklch(75.76% 0.136 93.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.0289, 43.5391, 9.9834)
Luminance	0.4354 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDAE38 #3857CD

analogous

#CD6338 #CDAE38 #A1CD38

triadic

#CDAE38 #38CDAE #AE38CD

tetradic

#CDAE38 #38CD63 #3857CD #CD38A1

square

#CDAE38 #38CD63 #3857CD #CD38A1

split-complementary

#CDAE38 #38A1CD #6338CD

monochromatic

#6F5E1C #A08728 #CDAE38 #D9C269 #E6D69A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#CDAE38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.71

#CDAE38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDAE38

9.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDAE38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDAE38	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)

#C1AB25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B43F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DEA097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdae38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 174, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.136 93.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c576',
    500: '#cdae38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdae38;
$custom-light: #e0c576;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdae38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.517,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75763,
    "c": 0.13622,
    "h": 93.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDAE38

secondary

#8F9DD1

accent

#66E345

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDAE38

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

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