#CDAE45#CDAE45

#CDAE45 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.127 H 92.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDAE45
RGB	rgb(205, 174, 69)
HSL	hsl(46, 58%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(46, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.1%, 66.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.02, -0.40, 56.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.02, 56.18, 90.41°)
OKLab	oklab(75.87% -0.0056 0.1272)
OKLCH	oklch(75.87% 0.127 92.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.3891, 43.6832, 11.8807)
Luminance	0.4368 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDAE45 #4564CD

analogous

#CD6A45 #CDAE45 #A8CD45

triadic

#CDAE45 #45CDAE #AE45CD

tetradic

#CDAE45 #45CD6A #4564CD #CD45A8

square

#CDAE45 #45CD6A #4564CD #CD45A8

split-complementary

#CDAE45 #45A8CD #6A45CD

monochromatic

#776420 #A88C2D #CDAE45 #DAC375 #E7D8A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#CDAE45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.74

#CDAE45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDAE45

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDAE45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDAE45	1.00	2.16	9.74	9.74
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AB38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B44A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDA198

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdae45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 174, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.127 92.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c57e',
    500: '#cdae45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdae45;
$custom-light: #e0c57e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdae45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.324,
    "s": 57.627,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75871,
    "c": 0.12727,
    "h": 92.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43681
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDAE45

secondary

#9AA7D4

accent

#6AE147

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDAE45

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

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