#CDAE4B#CDAE4B

#CDAE4B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.123 H 91.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDAE4B
RGB	rgb(205, 174, 75)
HSL	hsl(46, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(46, 63%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.1%, 63.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.07, -0.03, 53.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.07, 53.58, 90.03°)
OKLab	oklab(75.93% -0.0038 0.1226)
OKLCH	oklch(75.93% 0.123 91.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.5849, 43.7615, 12.9117)
Luminance	0.4376 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDAE4B #4B6ACD

analogous

#CD6D4B #CDAE4B #ABCD4B

triadic

#CDAE4B #4BCDAE #AE4BCD

tetradic

#CDAE4B #4BCD6D #4B6ACD #CD4BAB

square

#CDAE4B #4BCD6D #4B6ACD #CD4BAB

split-complementary

#CDAE4B #4BABCD #6D4BCD

monochromatic

#7B6622 #AB8E30 #CDAE4B #DAC47B #E8D9AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#CDAE4B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.75

#CDAE4B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDAE4B

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDAE4B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDAE4B	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)

#C0AB40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B44F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDA199

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdae4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 174, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.123 91.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfc581',
    500: '#cdae4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdae4b;
$custom-light: #dfc581;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdae4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.692,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75929,
    "c": 0.12261,
    "h": 91.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.43759
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDAE4B

secondary

#9FACD5

accent

#6CE048

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#16120B

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDAE4B

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

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