#CDAE3D#CDAE3D

#CDAE3D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.133 H 93.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDAE3D
RGB	rgb(205, 174, 61)
HSL	hsl(47, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(47, 70%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.1%, 70.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.95, -0.84, 59.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.95, 59.47, 90.81°)
OKLab	oklab(75.8% -0.0078 0.1328)
OKLCH	oklch(75.8% 0.133 93.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.1573, 43.5905, 10.6599)
Luminance	0.4359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDAE3D #3D5CCD

analogous

#CD663D #CDAE3D #A4CD3D

triadic

#CDAE3D #3DCDAE #AE3DCD

tetradic

#CDAE3D #3DCD66 #3D5CCD #CD3DA4

square

#CDAE3D #3DCD66 #3D5CCD #CD3DA4

split-complementary

#CDAE3D #3DA4CD #663DCD

monochromatic

#72601D #A3892A #CDAE3D #DAC26E #E6D79E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#CDAE3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#CDAE3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDAE3D

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDAE3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDAE3D	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)

#C0AB2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B443

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDA097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdae3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 174, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.133 93.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c579',
    500: '#cdae3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdae3d;
$custom-light: #e0c579;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdae3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.083,
    "s": 59.016,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75802,
    "c": 0.13298,
    "h": 93.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDAE3D

secondary

#93A1D2

accent

#67E246

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDAE3D

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

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