#CDB016#CDB016

#CDB016 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.441; OKLCH L 76.0% C 0.153 H 96.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDB016
RGB	rgb(205, 176, 22)
HSL	hsl(50, 81%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(50, 89%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.1%, 89.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.29, -3.23, 71.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.29, 71.73, 92.58°)
OKLab	oklab(76.01% -0.018 0.1516)
OKLCH	oklch(76.01% 0.153 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(40.8493, 44.0901, 7.1175)
Luminance	0.4409 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDB016 #1633CD

analogous

#CD5516 #CDB016 #8FCD16

triadic

#CDB016 #16CDB0 #B016CD

tetradic

#CDB016 #16CD55 #1633CD #CD168F

square

#CDB016 #16CD55 #1633CD #CD168F

split-complementary

#CDB016 #168FCD #5516CD

monochromatic

#5E510A #968110 #CDB016 #EACD37 #EFDB6E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.14

#CDB016 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.82

#CDB016 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDB016

9.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDB016	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDB016	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)

#C3AC00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB526

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DEA196

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B1B1B1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdb016;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 176, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.0% 0.153 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1c768',
    500: '#cdb016',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdb016;
$custom-light: #e1c768;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdb016",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.492,
    "s": 80.617,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76007,
    "c": 0.15263,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDB016

secondary

#697BD5

accent

#50F731

background

#FEFCF6

surface

#FDF8EC

border

#D5D1C7

text

#161307

muted

#84827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDB016

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

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