#CDAF16#CDAF16

#CDAF16 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.437; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.152 H 96.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDAF16
RGB	rgb(205, 175, 22)
HSL	hsl(50, 81%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(50, 89%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.6%, 89.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.03, -2.70, 71.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.03, 71.50, 92.17°)
OKLab	oklab(75.8% -0.0165 0.1511)
OKLCH	oklch(75.8% 0.152 96.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.6540, 43.6994, 7.0524)
Luminance	0.4370 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDAF16 #1634CD

analogous

#CD5416 #CDAF16 #90CD16

triadic

#CDAF16 #16CDAF #AF16CD

tetradic

#CDAF16 #16CD54 #1634CD #CD1690

square

#CDAF16 #16CD54 #1634CD #CD1690

split-complementary

#CDAF16 #1690CD #5416CD

monochromatic

#5E510A #968010 #CDAF16 #EACC37 #EFDA6E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.16

#CDAF16 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.74

#CDAF16 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDAF16

9.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDAF16	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDAF16	1.00	2.16	9.74	9.74
#FFFFFF	2.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AB00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB526

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DEA095

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdaf16;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 175, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.152 96.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1c668',
    500: '#cdaf16',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdaf16;
$custom-light: #e1c668;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdaf16",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.164,
    "s": 80.617,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.758,
    "c": 0.15199,
    "h": 96.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43697
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDAF16

secondary

#697BD5

accent

#51F731

background

#FEFCF6

surface

#FDF8EC

border

#D5D1C7

text

#161207

muted

#84817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDAF16

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

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