#CDAE3C#CDAE3C

#CDAE3C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.134 H 93.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDAE3C
RGB	rgb(205, 174, 60)
HSL	hsl(47, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(47, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.1%, 70.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.95, -0.89, 59.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.95, 59.87, 90.85°)
OKLab	oklab(75.79% -0.0081 0.1334)
OKLCH	oklch(75.79% 0.134 93.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.1306, 43.5798, 10.5194)
Luminance	0.4358 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDAE3C #3C5BCD

analogous

#CD653C #CDAE3C #A4CD3C

triadic

#CDAE3C #3CCDAE #AE3CCD

tetradic

#CDAE3C #3CCD65 #3C5BCD #CD3CA4

square

#CDAE3C #3CCD65 #3C5BCD #CD3CA4

split-complementary

#CDAE3C #3CA4CD #653CCD

monochromatic

#715F1D #A2882A #CDAE3C #D9C26D #E6D69D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#CDAE3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#CDAE3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDAE3C

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDAE3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDAE3C	1.00	2.16	9.72	9.72
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AB2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B442

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDA097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdae3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 174, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.134 93.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c578',
    500: '#cdae3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdae3c;
$custom-light: #e0c578;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdae3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.172,
    "s": 59.184,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75794,
    "c": 0.13365,
    "h": 93.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43577
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDAE3C

secondary

#93A0D2

accent

#67E245

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDAE3C

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

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