#CDAE43#CDAE43

#CDAE43 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.129 H 92.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDAE43
RGB	rgb(205, 174, 67)
HSL	hsl(47, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(47, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.1%, 67.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.00, -0.51, 57.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.00, 57.03, 90.52°)
OKLab	oklab(75.85% -0.0062 0.1286)
OKLCH	oklch(75.85% 0.129 92.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.3281, 43.6588, 11.5593)
Luminance	0.4366 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDAE43 #4362CD

analogous

#CD6943 #CDAE43 #A7CD43

triadic

#CDAE43 #43CDAE #AE43CD

tetradic

#CDAE43 #43CD69 #4362CD #CD43A7

square

#CDAE43 #43CD69 #4362CD #CD43A7

split-complementary

#CDAE43 #43A7CD #6943CD

monochromatic

#76631F #A78B2C #CDAE43 #DAC373 #E7D8A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#CDAE43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.73

#CDAE43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDAE43

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDAE43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDAE43	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)

#C0AB36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B448

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDA198

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdae43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 174, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.129 92.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c57c',
    500: '#cdae43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdae43;
$custom-light: #e0c57c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdae43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.522,
    "s": 57.983,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75853,
    "c": 0.12876,
    "h": 92.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43656
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDAE43

secondary

#98A6D4

accent

#69E147

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDAE43

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

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