#CDAE4C#CDAE4C

#CDAE4C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.122 H 91.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDAE4C
RGB	rgb(205, 174, 76)
HSL	hsl(46, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(46, 63%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.1%, 62.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.08, 0.04, 53.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.08, 53.14, 89.96°)
OKLab	oklab(75.94% -0.0035 0.1218)
OKLCH	oklch(75.94% 0.122 91.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.6194, 43.7753, 13.0934)
Luminance	0.4377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDAE4C #4C6BCD

analogous

#CD6D4C #CDAE4C #ACCD4C

triadic

#CDAE4C #4CCDAE #AE4CCD

tetradic

#CDAE4C #4CCD6D #4C6BCD #CD4CAC

square

#CDAE4C #4CCD6D #4C6BCD #CD4CAC

split-complementary

#CDAE4C #4CACCD #6D4CCD

monochromatic

#7C6723 #AC8E30 #CDAE4C #DAC47C #E8D9AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#CDAE4C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.75

#CDAE4C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDAE4C

9.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDAE4C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDAE4C	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)

#BFAB41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B450

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDA199

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdae4c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 174, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.122 91.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfc582',
    500: '#cdae4c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdae4c;
$custom-light: #dfc582;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdae4c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.581,
    "s": 56.332,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75939,
    "c": 0.1218,
    "h": 91.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43773
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDAE4C

secondary

#9FACD5

accent

#6DE048

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#16120B

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDAE4C

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

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