#CDAE3B#CDAE3B

#CDAE3B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.134 H 93.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDAE3B
RGB	rgb(205, 174, 59)
HSL	hsl(47, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(47, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.1%, 71.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.94, -0.94, 60.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.94, 60.26, 90.89°)
OKLab	oklab(75.79% -0.0084 0.1341)
OKLCH	oklch(75.79% 0.134 93.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.1045, 43.5693, 10.3815)
Luminance	0.4357 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDAE3B #3B5ACD

analogous

#CD653B #CDAE3B #A3CD3B

triadic

#CDAE3B #3BCDAE #AE3BCD

tetradic

#CDAE3B #3BCD65 #3B5ACD #CD3BA3

square

#CDAE3B #3BCD65 #3B5ACD #CD3BA3

split-complementary

#CDAE3B #3BA3CD #653BCD

monochromatic

#715F1D #A28829 #CDAE3B #D9C26C #E6D69D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#CDAE3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.71

#CDAE3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDAE3B

9.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDAE3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDAE3B	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)

#C0AB2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B441

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDA097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdae3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 174, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.134 93.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c578',
    500: '#cdae3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdae3b;
$custom-light: #e0c578;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdae3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.26,
    "s": 59.35,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75786,
    "c": 0.13431,
    "h": 93.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43567
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDAE3B

secondary

#929FD2

accent

#67E345

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDAE3B

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

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