#CDAF2D#CDAF2D

#CDAF2D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.438; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.143 H 95.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDAF2D
RGB	rgb(205, 175, 45)
HSL	hsl(49, 64%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(49, 78%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.6%, 78%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.12, -2.07, 65.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.12, 65.54, 91.81°)
OKLab	oklab(75.9% -0.013 0.1425)
OKLCH	oklch(75.9% 0.143 95.2)
XYZ	xyz(40.9827, 43.8309, 8.7837)
Luminance	0.4383 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDAF2D #2D4BCD

analogous

#CD5F2D #CDAF2D #9BCD2D

triadic

#CDAF2D #2DCDAF #AF2DCD

tetradic

#CDAF2D #2DCD5F #2D4BCD #CD2D9B

square

#CDAF2D #2DCD5F #2D4BCD #CD2D9B

split-complementary

#CDAF2D #2D9BCD #5F2DCD

monochromatic

#695917 #9B8422 #CDAF2D #DBC35C #E6D68E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#CDAF2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.77

#CDAF2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDAF2D

9.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDAF2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDAF2D	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)

#C2AB0F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B536

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DEA197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdaf2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 175, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.143 95.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1c671',
    500: '#cdaf2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdaf2d;
$custom-light: #e1c671;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdaf2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.75,
    "s": 64,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75898,
    "c": 0.14309,
    "h": 95.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43829
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDAF2D

secondary

#8593D1

accent

#60E741

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161208

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDAF2D

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

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