#CDAE4D#CDAE4D

#CDAE4D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.121 H 91.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDAE4D
RGB	rgb(205, 174, 77)
HSL	hsl(45, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(45, 62%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.1%, 62.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.09, 0.10, 52.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.09, 52.70, 89.89°)
OKLab	oklab(75.95% -0.0032 0.1209)
OKLCH	oklch(75.95% 0.121 91.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.6544, 43.7893, 13.2779)
Luminance	0.4379 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDAE4D #4D6CCD

analogous

#CD6E4D #CDAE4D #ACCD4D

triadic

#CDAE4D #4DCDAE #AE4DCD

tetradic

#CDAE4D #4DCD6E #4D6CCD #CD4DAC

square

#CDAE4D #4DCD6E #4D6CCD #CD4DAC

split-complementary

#CDAE4D #4DACCD #6E4DCD

monochromatic

#7D6723 #AC8E30 #CDAE4D #DAC47D #E8D9AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#CDAE4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.76

#CDAE4D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDAE4D

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDAE4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDAE4D	1.00	2.15	9.76	9.76
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAC43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B451

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDA199

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdae4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 174, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.121 91.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfc582',
    500: '#cdae4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdae4d;
$custom-light: #dfc582;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdae4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.469,
    "s": 56.14,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7595,
    "c": 0.12098,
    "h": 91.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43787
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDAE4D

secondary

#A0ADD6

accent

#6DDF48

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#16120B

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDAE4D

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

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