#CDAE40#CDAE40

#CDAE40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.131 H 93.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDAE40
RGB	rgb(205, 174, 64)
HSL	hsl(47, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(47, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.1%, 68.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.98, -0.68, 58.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.98, 58.26, 90.67°)
OKLab	oklab(75.83% -0.007 0.1307)
OKLCH	oklch(75.83% 0.131 93.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.2404, 43.6237, 11.0975)
Luminance	0.4362 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDAE40 #405FCD

analogous

#CD6840 #CDAE40 #A5CD40

triadic

#CDAE40 #40CDAE #AE40CD

tetradic

#CDAE40 #40CD68 #405FCD #CD40A5

square

#CDAE40 #40CD68 #405FCD #CD40A5

split-complementary

#CDAE40 #40A5CD #6840CD

monochromatic

#74611E #A58A2B #CDAE40 #DAC371 #E6D7A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#CDAE40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.72

#CDAE40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDAE40

9.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDAE40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDAE40	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)

#C0AB31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B446

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDA097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdae40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 174, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.131 93.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c57b',
    500: '#cdae40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdae40;
$custom-light: #e0c57b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdae40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.809,
    "s": 58.506,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75826,
    "c": 0.13091,
    "h": 93.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43621
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDAE40

secondary

#96A3D3

accent

#68E246

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDAE40

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

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