#CDAF3B#CDAF3B

#CDAF3B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.135 H 94.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDAF3B
RGB	rgb(205, 175, 59)
HSL	hsl(48, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(48, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.6%, 71.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.20, -1.47, 60.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.20, 60.53, 91.39°)
OKLab	oklab(75.99% -0.0099 0.1346)
OKLCH	oklch(75.99% 0.135 94.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.2984, 43.9571, 10.4461)
Luminance	0.4395 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDAF3B #3B59CD

analogous

#CD663B #CDAF3B #A2CD3B

triadic

#CDAF3B #3BCDAF #AF3BCD

tetradic

#CDAF3B #3BCD66 #3B59CD #CD3BA2

square

#CDAF3B #3BCD66 #3B59CD #CD3BA2

split-complementary

#CDAF3B #3BA2CD #663BCD

monochromatic

#71601D #A28929 #CDAF3B #D9C36C #E6D79D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#CDAF3B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.79

#CDAF3B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDAF3B

9.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDAF3B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDAF3B	1.00	2.14	9.79	9.79
#FFFFFF	2.14	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)

#C1AC2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B541

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDA198

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdaf3b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 175, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.135 94.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c678',
    500: '#cdaf3b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdaf3b;
$custom-light: #e0c678;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdaf3b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.671,
    "s": 59.35,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.75991,
    "c": 0.13496,
    "h": 94.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDAF3B

secondary

#929FD2

accent

#66E345

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDAF3B

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

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