#CDAF49#CDAF49

#CDAF49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 76.1% C 0.125 H 92.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDAF49
RGB	rgb(205, 175, 73)
HSL	hsl(46, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(46, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.6%, 64.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.31, -0.68, 54.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.31, 54.75, 90.72°)
OKLab	oklab(76.11% -0.006 0.1247)
OKLCH	oklch(76.11% 0.125 92.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.7114, 44.1224, 12.6215)
Luminance	0.4412 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDAF49 #4967CD

analogous

#CD6D49 #CDAF49 #A9CD49

triadic

#CDAF49 #49CDAF #AF49CD

tetradic

#CDAF49 #49CD6D #4967CD #CD49A9

square

#CDAF49 #49CD6D #4967CD #CD49A9

split-complementary

#CDAF49 #49A9CD #6D49CD

monochromatic

#7A6622 #AA8E2F #CDAF49 #DAC479 #E7D9A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#CDAF49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.82

#CDAF49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDAF49

9.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDAF49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDAF49	1.00	2.14	9.82	9.82
#FFFFFF	2.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AC3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C8B54E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDA299

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdaf49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 175, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.1% 0.125 92.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c680',
    500: '#cdaf49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdaf49;
$custom-light: #e0c680;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdaf49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.364,
    "s": 56.897,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76114,
    "c": 0.12486,
    "h": 92.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.4412
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDAF49

secondary

#9DAAD5

accent

#6AE048

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDAF49

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

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