#CDAE4F#CDAE4F

#CDAE4F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.119 H 91.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDAE4F
RGB	rgb(205, 174, 79)
HSL	hsl(45, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(45, 61%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.1%, 61.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.11, 0.24, 51.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.11, 51.80, 89.74°)
OKLab	oklab(75.97% -0.0026 0.1193)
OKLCH	oklch(75.97% 0.119 91.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.7261, 43.8180, 13.6555)
Luminance	0.4382 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDAE4F #4F6ECD

analogous

#CD6F4F #CDAE4F #ADCD4F

triadic

#CDAE4F #4FCDAE #AE4FCD

tetradic

#CDAE4F #4FCD6F #4F6ECD #CD4FAD

square

#CDAE4F #4FCD6F #4F6ECD #CD4FAD

split-complementary

#CDAE4F #4FADCD #6F4FCD

monochromatic

#7E6824 #AE8F31 #CDAE4F #DBC47F #E8DAAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#CDAE4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.76

#CDAE4F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDAE4F

9.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDAE4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDAE4F	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)

#BFAC45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B553

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDA199

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdae4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 174, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.119 91.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfc584',
    500: '#cdae4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdae4f;
$custom-light: #dfc584;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdae4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.238,
    "s": 55.752,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75971,
    "c": 0.11933,
    "h": 91.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDAE4F

secondary

#A2AFD6

accent

#6EDF49

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#16120B

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDAE4F

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

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