#CDAF36#CDAF36

#CDAF36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.138 H 94.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDAF36
RGB	rgb(205, 175, 54)
HSL	hsl(48, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(48, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.6%, 73.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.17, -1.70, 62.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.17, 62.42, 91.56°)
OKLab	oklab(75.96% -0.0111 0.1377)
OKLCH	oklch(75.96% 0.138 94.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.1749, 43.9077, 9.7956)
Luminance	0.4390 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDAF36 #3654CD

analogous

#CD6336 #CDAF36 #A0CD36

triadic

#CDAF36 #36CDAF #AF36CD

tetradic

#CDAF36 #36CD63 #3654CD #CD36A0

square

#CDAF36 #36CD63 #3654CD #CD36A0

split-complementary

#CDAF36 #36A0CD #6336CD

monochromatic

#6D5D1B #9E8727 #CDAF36 #D9C367 #E5D698

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#CDAF36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.78

#CDAF36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDAF36

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDAF36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDAF36	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)

#C2AC22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B53D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DEA197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdaf36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 175, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.138 94.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c675',
    500: '#cdaf36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdaf36;
$custom-light: #e0c675;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdaf36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.079,
    "s": 60.159,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75955,
    "c": 0.1381,
    "h": 94.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.43905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDAF36

secondary

#8E9BD1

accent

#64E344

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161209

muted

#84817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDAF36

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

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