#CDAE51#CDAE51

#CDAE51 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.118 H 90.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDAE51
RGB	rgb(205, 174, 81)
HSL	hsl(45, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(45, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.1%, 60.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.13, 0.38, 50.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.13, 50.89, 89.58°)
OKLab	oklab(75.99% -0.0019 0.1176)
OKLCH	oklch(75.99% 0.118 90.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.8000, 43.8475, 14.0447)
Luminance	0.4385 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDAE51 #5170CD

analogous

#CD7051 #CDAE51 #AECD51

triadic

#CDAE51 #51CDAE #AE51CD

tetradic

#CDAE51 #51CD70 #5170CD #CD51AE

square

#CDAE51 #51CD70 #5170CD #CD51AE

split-complementary

#CDAE51 #51AECD #7051CD

monochromatic

#7F6825 #AF9032 #CDAE51 #DBC481 #E8DAB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#CDAE51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.77

#CDAE51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDAE51

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDAE51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDAE51	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)

#BFAC47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C7B555

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCA199

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdae51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 174, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.118 90.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfc585',
    500: '#cdae51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdae51;
$custom-light: #dfc585;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdae51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 55.357,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75993,
    "c": 0.11763,
    "h": 90.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43845
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDAE51

secondary

#A3B0D7

accent

#6FDF49

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#16120B

muted

#84817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDAE51

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

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