#CDAE3A#CDAE3A

#CDAE3A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.135 H 93.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDAE3A
RGB	rgb(205, 174, 58)
HSL	hsl(47, 60%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(47, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.1%, 71.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.93, -0.99, 60.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.93, 60.65, 90.93°)
OKLab	oklab(75.78% -0.0086 0.1347)
OKLCH	oklch(75.78% 0.135 93.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.0788, 43.5590, 10.2462)
Luminance	0.4356 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDAE3A #3A59CD

analogous

#CD653A #CDAE3A #A3CD3A

triadic

#CDAE3A #3ACDAE #AE3ACD

tetradic

#CDAE3A #3ACD65 #3A59CD #CD3AA3

square

#CDAE3A #3ACD65 #3A59CD #CD3AA3

split-complementary

#CDAE3A #3AA3CD #653ACD

monochromatic

#705E1C #A18829 #CDAE3A #D9C26B #E6D69C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#CDAE3A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.71

#CDAE3A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDAE3A

9.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDAE3A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDAE3A	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)

#C0AB29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B440

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDA097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdae3a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 174, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.135 93.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c577',
    500: '#cdae3a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdae3a;
$custom-light: #e0c577;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdae3a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.347,
    "s": 59.514,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75778,
    "c": 0.13495,
    "h": 93.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43557
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDAE3A

secondary

#919FD2

accent

#66E345

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDAE3A

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

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