#CDAF39#CDAF39

#CDAF39 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.439; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.136 H 94.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDAF39
RGB	rgb(205, 175, 57)
HSL	hsl(48, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(48, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.6%, 72.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.19, -1.56, 61.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.19, 61.30, 91.46°)
OKLab	oklab(75.98% -0.0104 0.1359)
OKLCH	oklch(75.98% 0.136 94.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.2475, 43.9368, 10.1782)
Luminance	0.4393 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDAF39 #3957CD

analogous

#CD6539 #CDAF39 #A1CD39

triadic

#CDAF39 #39CDAF #AF39CD

tetradic

#CDAF39 #39CD65 #3957CD #CD39A1

square

#CDAF39 #39CD65 #3957CD #CD39A1

split-complementary

#CDAF39 #39A1CD #6539CD

monochromatic

#6F5F1C #A08828 #CDAF39 #D9C36A #E6D69B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.15

#CDAF39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.79

#CDAF39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDAF39

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDAF39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDAF39	1.00	2.15	9.79	9.79
#FFFFFF	2.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AC27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B540

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDA197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdaf39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 175, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.136 94.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c677',
    500: '#cdaf39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdaf39;
$custom-light: #e0c677;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdaf39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.838,
    "s": 59.677,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75976,
    "c": 0.13624,
    "h": 94.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.43934
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDAF39

secondary

#909ED2

accent

#65E345

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDAF39

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

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