#CDAF38#CDAF38

#CDAF38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.137 H 94.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDAF38
RGB	rgb(205, 175, 56)
HSL	hsl(48, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(48, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.6%, 72.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.18, -1.61, 61.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.18, 61.67, 91.50°)
OKLab	oklab(75.97% -0.0106 0.1365)
OKLCH	oklch(75.97% 0.137 94.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.2228, 43.9269, 10.0481)
Luminance	0.4392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDAF38 #3856CD

analogous

#CD6438 #CDAF38 #A1CD38

triadic

#CDAF38 #38CDAF #AF38CD

tetradic

#CDAF38 #38CD64 #3856CD #CD38A1

square

#CDAF38 #38CD64 #3856CD #CD38A1

split-complementary

#CDAF38 #38A1CD #6438CD

monochromatic

#6F5E1C #A08828 #CDAF38 #D9C369 #E6D69A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#CDAF38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.78

#CDAF38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDAF38

9.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDAF38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDAF38	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)

#C1AC25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B53F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDA197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdaf38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 175, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.137 94.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c676',
    500: '#cdaf38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdaf38;
$custom-light: #e0c676;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdaf38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.919,
    "s": 59.839,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75969,
    "c": 0.13687,
    "h": 94.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43925
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDAF38

secondary

#8F9DD1

accent

#65E345

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDAF38

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

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