#CDAE50#CDAE50

#CDAE50 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.118 H 91.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDAE50
RGB	rgb(205, 174, 80)
HSL	hsl(45, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(45, 61%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.1%, 61%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.12, 0.31, 51.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.12, 51.35, 89.66°)
OKLab	oklab(75.98% -0.0022 0.1185)
OKLCH	oklch(75.98% 0.118 91.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.7628, 43.8327, 13.8487)
Luminance	0.4383 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDAE50 #506FCD

analogous

#CD6F50 #CDAE50 #ADCD50

triadic

#CDAE50 #50CDAE #AE50CD

tetradic

#CDAE50 #50CD6F #506FCD #CD50AD

square

#CDAE50 #50CD6F #506FCD #CD50AD

split-complementary

#CDAE50 #50ADCD #6F50CD

monochromatic

#7E6824 #AE8F32 #CDAE50 #DBC480 #E8DAAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#CDAE50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.77

#CDAE50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDAE50

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDAE50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDAE50	1.00	2.15	9.77	9.77
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BFAC46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B554

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDA199

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdae50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 174, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.118 91.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfc584',
    500: '#cdae50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdae50;
$custom-light: #dfc584;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdae50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.12,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75982,
    "c": 0.11848,
    "h": 91.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.4383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDAE50

secondary

#A2AFD6

accent

#6EDF49

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#16120B

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDAE50

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

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