#CDAF40#CDAF40

#CDAF40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.132 H 93.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDAF40
RGB	rgb(205, 175, 64)
HSL	hsl(47, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(47, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.6%, 68.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.24, -1.21, 58.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.24, 58.54, 91.18°)
OKLab	oklab(76.03% -0.0085 0.1313)
OKLCH	oklch(76.03% 0.132 93.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.4343, 44.0115, 11.1621)
Luminance	0.4401 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDAF40 #405ECD

analogous

#CD6840 #CDAF40 #A4CD40

triadic

#CDAF40 #40CDAF #AF40CD

tetradic

#CDAF40 #40CD68 #405ECD #CD40A4

square

#CDAF40 #40CD68 #405ECD #CD40A4

split-complementary

#CDAF40 #40A4CD #6840CD

monochromatic

#74621E #A58B2B #CDAF40 #DAC371 #E6D8A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#CDAF40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.80

#CDAF40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDAF40

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDAF40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDAF40	1.00	2.14	9.80	9.80
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AC31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B546

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDA198

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdaf40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 175, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.132 93.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c67b',
    500: '#cdaf40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdaf40;
$custom-light: #e0c67b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdaf40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.234,
    "s": 58.506,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76032,
    "c": 0.13157,
    "h": 93.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.44009
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDAF40

secondary

#96A3D3

accent

#67E246

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDAF40

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

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