#CDAF37#CDAF37

#CDAF37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.137 H 94.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDAF37
RGB	rgb(205, 175, 55)
HSL	hsl(48, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(48, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.6%, 73.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.17, -1.66, 62.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.17, 62.05, 91.53°)
OKLab	oklab(75.96% -0.0108 0.1371)
OKLCH	oklch(75.96% 0.137 94.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.1986, 43.9172, 9.9206)
Luminance	0.4391 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDAF37 #3755CD

analogous

#CD6437 #CDAF37 #A0CD37

triadic

#CDAF37 #37CDAF #AF37CD

tetradic

#CDAF37 #37CD64 #3755CD #CD37A0

square

#CDAF37 #37CD64 #3755CD #CD37A0

split-complementary

#CDAF37 #37A0CD #6437CD

monochromatic

#6E5E1C #9F8728 #CDAF37 #D9C368 #E5D699

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#CDAF37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.78

#CDAF37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDAF37

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDAF37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDAF37	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)

#C2AC23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B53E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DEA197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdaf37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 175, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.137 94.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c676',
    500: '#cdaf37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdaf37;
$custom-light: #e0c676;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdaf37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75962,
    "c": 0.13749,
    "h": 94.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.43915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDAF37

secondary

#8F9CD1

accent

#64E345

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDAF37

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

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