#CDAE39#CDAE39

#CDAE39 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.435; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.136 H 93.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDAE39
RGB	rgb(205, 174, 57)
HSL	hsl(47, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(47, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.1%, 72.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.93, -1.04, 61.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.93, 61.03, 90.97°)
OKLab	oklab(75.77% -0.0089 0.1353)
OKLCH	oklch(75.77% 0.136 93.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.0536, 43.5490, 10.1135)
Luminance	0.4355 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDAE39 #3958CD

analogous

#CD6439 #CDAE39 #A2CD39

triadic

#CDAE39 #39CDAE #AE39CD

tetradic

#CDAE39 #39CD64 #3958CD #CD39A2

square

#CDAE39 #39CD64 #3958CD #CD39A2

split-complementary

#CDAE39 #39A2CD #6439CD

monochromatic

#6F5E1C #A08728 #CDAE39 #D9C26A #E6D69B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#CDAE39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.71

#CDAE39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDAE39

9.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDAE39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDAE39	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)

#C0AB27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B440

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDA097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdae39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 174, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.136 93.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c577',
    500: '#cdae39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdae39;
$custom-light: #e0c577;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdae39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.432,
    "s": 59.677,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75771,
    "c": 0.13559,
    "h": 93.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDAE39

secondary

#909ED2

accent

#66E345

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDAE39

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

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