#CDB037#CDB037

#CDB037 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.138 H 95.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDB037
RGB	rgb(205, 176, 55)
HSL	hsl(48, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(48, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.1%, 73.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.43, -2.18, 62.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.43, 62.32, 92.01°)
OKLab	oklab(76.17% -0.0123 0.1376)
OKLCH	oklch(76.17% 0.138 95.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.3939, 44.3079, 9.9857)
Luminance	0.4431 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDB037 #3754CD

analogous

#CD6537 #CDB037 #9FCD37

triadic

#CDB037 #37CDB0 #B037CD

tetradic

#CDB037 #37CD65 #3754CD #CD379F

square

#CDB037 #37CD65 #3754CD #CD379F

split-complementary

#CDB037 #379FCD #6537CD

monochromatic

#6E5E1C #9F8828 #CDB037 #D9C368 #E5D799

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#CDB037 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.86

#CDB037 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDB037

9.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDB037	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDB037	1.00	2.13	9.86	9.86
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AC23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB53E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDA298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdb037;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 176, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.138 95.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c776',
    500: '#cdb037',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdb037;
$custom-light: #e0c776;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdb037",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.4,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76168,
    "c": 0.13815,
    "h": 95.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44306
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDB037

secondary

#8F9CD1

accent

#63E345

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDB037

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

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