#CDAE42#CDAE42

#CDAE42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.436; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.129 H 92.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDAE42
RGB	rgb(205, 174, 66)
HSL	hsl(47, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(47, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.1%, 67.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.99, -0.57, 57.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.99, 57.44, 90.57°)
OKLab	oklab(75.84% -0.0065 0.1293)
OKLCH	oklch(75.84% 0.129 92.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.2983, 43.6469, 11.4026)
Luminance	0.4365 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDAE42 #4261CD

analogous

#CD6842 #CDAE42 #A6CD42

triadic

#CDAE42 #42CDAE #AE42CD

tetradic

#CDAE42 #42CD68 #4261CD #CD42A6

square

#CDAE42 #42CD68 #4261CD #CD42A6

split-complementary

#CDAE42 #42A6CD #6842CD

monochromatic

#76621F #A68B2C #CDAE42 #DAC372 #E7D7A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#CDAE42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.73

#CDAE42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDAE42

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDAE42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDAE42	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)

#C0AB34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B447

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDA198

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdae42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 174, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.129 92.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c57c',
    500: '#cdae42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdae42;
$custom-light: #e0c57c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdae42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.619,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75844,
    "c": 0.12948,
    "h": 92.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43645
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDAE42

secondary

#97A5D3

accent

#69E146

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDAE42

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

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