#CDAE4E#CDAE4E

#CDAE4E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.120 H 91.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDAE4E
RGB	rgb(205, 174, 78)
HSL	hsl(45, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(45, 62%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.1%, 62%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.10, 0.17, 52.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.10, 52.25, 89.81°)
OKLab	oklab(75.96% -0.0029 0.1201)
OKLCH	oklch(75.96% 0.12 91.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.6900, 43.8035, 13.4653)
Luminance	0.4380 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDAE4E #4E6DCD

analogous

#CD6E4E #CDAE4E #ADCD4E

triadic

#CDAE4E #4ECDAE #AE4ECD

tetradic

#CDAE4E #4ECD6E #4E6DCD #CD4EAD

square

#CDAE4E #4ECD6E #4E6DCD #CD4EAD

split-complementary

#CDAE4E #4EADCD #6E4ECD

monochromatic

#7D6723 #AD8F31 #CDAE4E #DAC47E #E8DAAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#CDAE4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.76

#CDAE4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDAE4E

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDAE4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDAE4E	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)

#BFAC44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B552

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDA199

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdae4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 174, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.120 91.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfc583',
    500: '#cdae4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdae4e;
$custom-light: #dfc583;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdae4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.354,
    "s": 55.947,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7596,
    "c": 0.12016,
    "h": 91.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDAE4E

secondary

#A1AED6

accent

#6DDF49

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#16120B

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDAE4E

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

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