#CDAE48#CDAE48

#CDAE48 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.125 H 92.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDAE48
RGB	rgb(205, 174, 72)
HSL	hsl(46, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(46, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.1%, 64.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.04, -0.22, 54.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.04, 54.90, 90.23°)
OKLab	oklab(75.9% -0.0047 0.1249)
OKLCH	oklch(75.9% 0.125 92.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.4846, 43.7214, 12.3836)
Luminance	0.4372 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDAE48 #4867CD

analogous

#CD6C48 #CDAE48 #AACD48

triadic

#CDAE48 #48CDAE #AE48CD

tetradic

#CDAE48 #48CD6C #4867CD #CD48AA

square

#CDAE48 #48CD6C #4867CD #CD48AA

split-complementary

#CDAE48 #48AACD #6C48CD

monochromatic

#796521 #A98D2E #CDAE48 #DAC378 #E7D9A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#CDAE48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.74

#CDAE48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDAE48

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDAE48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDAE48	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)

#C0AB3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B44D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDA198

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdae48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 174, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.125 92.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c57f',
    500: '#cdae48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdae48;
$custom-light: #e0c57f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdae48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.015,
    "s": 57.082,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75899,
    "c": 0.12498,
    "h": 92.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43719
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDAE48

secondary

#9CA9D5

accent

#6BE047

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDAE48

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

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