#CDAE44#CDAE44

#CDAE44 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.128 H 92.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDAE44
RGB	rgb(205, 174, 68)
HSL	hsl(46, 58%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(46, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.1%, 66.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.01, -0.46, 56.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.01, 56.61, 90.46°)
OKLab	oklab(75.86% -0.0059 0.1279)
OKLCH	oklch(75.86% 0.128 92.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.3583, 43.6709, 11.7186)
Luminance	0.4367 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDAE44 #4463CD

analogous

#CD6944 #CDAE44 #A8CD44

triadic

#CDAE44 #44CDAE #AE44CD

tetradic

#CDAE44 #44CD69 #4463CD #CD44A8

square

#CDAE44 #44CD69 #4463CD #CD44A8

split-complementary

#CDAE44 #44A8CD #6944CD

monochromatic

#776320 #A78B2D #CDAE44 #DAC374 #E7D8A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#CDAE44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.73

#CDAE44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDAE44

9.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDAE44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDAE44	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)

#C0AB37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B449

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDA198

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdae44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 174, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.128 92.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c57d',
    500: '#cdae44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdae44;
$custom-light: #e0c57d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdae44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.423,
    "s": 57.806,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75862,
    "c": 0.12803,
    "h": 92.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43669
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDAE44

secondary

#99A6D4

accent

#6AE147

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDAE44

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

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