#CDAE4A#CDAE4A

#CDAE4A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.123 H 91.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDAE4A
RGB	rgb(205, 174, 74)
HSL	hsl(46, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(46, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.1%, 63.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.06, -0.09, 54.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.06, 54.02, 90.10°)
OKLab	oklab(75.92% -0.0041 0.1233)
OKLCH	oklch(75.92% 0.123 91.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.5509, 43.7479, 12.7328)
Luminance	0.4375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDAE4A #4A69CD

analogous

#CD6D4A #CDAE4A #AACD4A

triadic

#CDAE4A #4ACDAE #AE4ACD

tetradic

#CDAE4A #4ACD6D #4A69CD #CD4AAA

square

#CDAE4A #4ACD6D #4A69CD #CD4AAA

split-complementary

#CDAE4A #4AAACD #6D4ACD

monochromatic

#7B6622 #AB8D2F #CDAE4A #DAC37A #E7D9AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#CDAE4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.75

#CDAE4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDAE4A

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDAE4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDAE4A	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)

#C0AB3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B44F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDA199

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdae4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 174, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.123 91.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c581',
    500: '#cdae4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdae4a;
$custom-light: #e0c581;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdae4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.802,
    "s": 56.71,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75919,
    "c": 0.12341,
    "h": 91.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43746
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDAE4A

secondary

#9EABD5

accent

#6CE048

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#16120A

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDAE4A

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

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