#CDAF41#CDAF41

#CDAF41 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.440; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.131 H 93.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDAF41
RGB	rgb(205, 175, 65)
HSL	hsl(47, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(47, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.6%, 68.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.24, -1.15, 58.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.24, 58.13, 91.14°)
OKLab	oklab(76.04% -0.0083 0.1306)
OKLCH	oklch(76.04% 0.131 93.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.4630, 44.0230, 11.3133)
Luminance	0.4402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDAF41 #415FCD

analogous

#CD6941 #CDAF41 #A5CD41

triadic

#CDAF41 #41CDAF #AF41CD

tetradic

#CDAF41 #41CD69 #415FCD #CD41A5

square

#CDAF41 #41CD69 #415FCD #CD41A5

split-complementary

#CDAF41 #41A5CD #6941CD

monochromatic

#75621F #A58B2C #CDAF41 #DAC371 #E6D8A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#CDAF41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.80

#CDAF41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDAF41

9.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDAF41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDAF41	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)

#C1AC33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B547

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDA298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdaf41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 175, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.131 93.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c67b',
    500: '#cdaf41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdaf41;
$custom-light: #e0c67b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdaf41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.143,
    "s": 58.333,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7604,
    "c": 0.13086,
    "h": 93.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44021
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDAF41

secondary

#97A4D3

accent

#68E246

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDAF41

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

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