#CDAE3F#CDAE3F

#CDAE3F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.132 H 93.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDAE3F
RGB	rgb(205, 174, 63)
HSL	hsl(47, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(47, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.1%, 69.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.97, -0.73, 58.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.97, 58.67, 90.72°)
OKLab	oklab(75.82% -0.0073 0.1314)
OKLCH	oklch(75.82% 0.132 93.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.2122, 43.6124, 10.9490)
Luminance	0.4361 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDAE3F #3F5ECD

analogous

#CD673F #CDAE3F #A5CD3F

triadic

#CDAE3F #3FCDAE #AE3FCD

tetradic

#CDAE3F #3FCD67 #3F5ECD #CD3FA5

square

#CDAE3F #3FCD67 #3F5ECD #CD3FA5

split-complementary

#CDAE3F #3FA5CD #673FCD

monochromatic

#74611E #A48A2B #CDAE3F #DAC270 #E6D7A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#CDAE3F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#CDAE3F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDAE3F

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDAE3F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDAE3F	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)

#C0AB30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B445

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDA097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdae3f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 174, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.132 93.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c57a',
    500: '#cdae3f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdae3f;
$custom-light: #e0c57a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdae3f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.901,
    "s": 58.678,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75818,
    "c": 0.13161,
    "h": 93.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4361
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDAE3F

secondary

#95A3D3

accent

#68E246

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDAE3F

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

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