#CDAF35#CDAF35

#CDAF35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 75.9% C 0.139 H 94.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDAF35
RGB	rgb(205, 175, 53)
HSL	hsl(48, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(48, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.6%, 74.1%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.16, -1.75, 62.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.16, 62.78, 91.59°)
OKLab	oklab(75.95% -0.0113 0.1382)
OKLCH	oklch(75.95% 0.139 94.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.1516, 43.8984, 9.6732)
Luminance	0.4390 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDAF35 #3553CD

analogous

#CD6335 #CDAF35 #9FCD35

triadic

#CDAF35 #35CDAF #AF35CD

tetradic

#CDAF35 #35CD63 #3553CD #CD359F

square

#CDAF35 #35CD63 #3553CD #CD359F

split-complementary

#CDAF35 #359FCD #6335CD

monochromatic

#6D5D1B #9E8627 #CDAF35 #D9C266 #E5D697

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#CDAF35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.78

#CDAF35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDAF35

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDAF35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDAF35	1.00	2.15	9.78	9.78
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AC20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B53C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DEA197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdaf35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 175, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.9% 0.139 94.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c675',
    500: '#cdaf35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdaf35;
$custom-light: #e0c675;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdaf35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.158,
    "s": 60.317,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75948,
    "c": 0.13869,
    "h": 94.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.43896
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDAF35

secondary

#8D9AD1

accent

#64E344

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDAF35

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

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