#CDAE49#CDAE49

#CDAE49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.124 H 92.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDAE49
RGB	rgb(205, 174, 73)
HSL	hsl(46, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(46, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.1%, 64.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.05, -0.15, 54.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.05, 54.46, 90.16°)
OKLab	oklab(75.91% -0.0044 0.1241)
OKLCH	oklch(75.91% 0.124 92.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.5175, 43.7345, 12.5568)
Luminance	0.4373 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDAE49 #4968CD

analogous

#CD6C49 #CDAE49 #AACD49

triadic

#CDAE49 #49CDAE #AE49CD

tetradic

#CDAE49 #49CD6C #4968CD #CD49AA

square

#CDAE49 #49CD6C #4968CD #CD49AA

split-complementary

#CDAE49 #49AACD #6C49CD

monochromatic

#7A6522 #AA8D2F #CDAE49 #DAC379 #E7D9A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#CDAE49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.75

#CDAE49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDAE49

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDAE49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDAE49	1.00	2.15	9.75	9.75
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C0AB3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B44E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDA198

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdae49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 174, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.124 92.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c580',
    500: '#cdae49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdae49;
$custom-light: #e0c580;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdae49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.909,
    "s": 56.897,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75909,
    "c": 0.1242,
    "h": 92.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.43732
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDAE49

secondary

#9DAAD5

accent

#6BE048

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDAE49

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

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