#CDAE47#CDAE47

#CDAE47 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.126 H 92.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDAE47
RGB	rgb(205, 174, 71)
HSL	hsl(46, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(46, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.1%, 65.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.03, -0.28, 55.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.03, 55.33, 90.29°)
OKLab	oklab(75.89% -0.005 0.1257)
OKLCH	oklch(75.89% 0.126 92.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.4523, 43.7084, 12.2132)
Luminance	0.4371 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDAE47 #4766CD

analogous

#CD6B47 #CDAE47 #A9CD47

triadic

#CDAE47 #47CDAE #AE47CD

tetradic

#CDAE47 #47CD6B #4766CD #CD47A9

square

#CDAE47 #47CD6B #4766CD #CD47A9

split-complementary

#CDAE47 #47A9CD #6B47CD

monochromatic

#796421 #A98C2E #CDAE47 #DAC377 #E7D8A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#CDAE47 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.74

#CDAE47 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDAE47

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDAE47	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDAE47	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)

#C0AB3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B44C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDA198

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdae47;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 174, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.126 92.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c57f',
    500: '#cdae47',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdae47;
$custom-light: #e0c57f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdae47",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.119,
    "s": 57.265,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7589,
    "c": 0.12576,
    "h": 92.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.43706
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDAE47

secondary

#9BA9D4

accent

#6BE147

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDAE47

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

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