#CDAE41#CDAE41

#CDAE41 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.130 H 93.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDAE41
RGB	rgb(205, 174, 65)
HSL	hsl(47, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(47, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.1%, 68.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.98, -0.63, 57.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.98, 57.85, 90.62°)
OKLab	oklab(75.83% -0.0068 0.13)
OKLCH	oklch(75.83% 0.13 93)
XYZ	xyz(41.2691, 43.6352, 11.2487)
Luminance	0.4363 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDAE41 #4160CD

analogous

#CD6841 #CDAE41 #A6CD41

triadic

#CDAE41 #41CDAE #AE41CD

tetradic

#CDAE41 #41CD68 #4160CD #CD41A6

square

#CDAE41 #41CD68 #4160CD #CD41A6

split-complementary

#CDAE41 #41A6CD #6841CD

monochromatic

#75621F #A58A2C #CDAE41 #DAC371 #E6D7A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#CDAE41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.73

#CDAE41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDAE41

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDAE41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDAE41	1.00	2.16	9.73	9.73
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AB33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B447

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDA097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdae41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 174, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.130 93.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c57b',
    500: '#cdae41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdae41;
$custom-light: #e0c57b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdae41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.714,
    "s": 58.333,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75835,
    "c": 0.13021,
    "h": 93
  },
  "luminance": 0.43633
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDAE41

secondary

#97A4D3

accent

#69E246

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDAE41

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

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