#CDB03A#CDB03A

#CDB03A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.136 H 94.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDB03A
RGB	rgb(205, 176, 58)
HSL	hsl(48, 60%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(48, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.1%, 71.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.45, -2.04, 61.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.45, 61.19, 91.91°)
OKLab	oklab(76.19% -0.0116 0.1358)
OKLCH	oklch(76.19% 0.136 94.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.4680, 44.3376, 10.3760)
Luminance	0.4434 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDB03A #3A57CD

analogous

#CD673A #CDB03A #A1CD3A

triadic

#CDB03A #3ACDB0 #B03ACD

tetradic

#CDB03A #3ACD67 #3A57CD #CD3AA1

square

#CDB03A #3ACD67 #3A57CD #CD3AA1

split-complementary

#CDB03A #3AA1CD #673ACD

monochromatic

#70601C #A18929 #CDB03A #D9C46B #E6D79C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#CDB03A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.87

#CDB03A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDB03A

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDB03A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDB03A	1.00	2.13	9.87	9.87
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AD28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB641

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDA298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdb03a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 176, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.136 94.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c777',
    500: '#cdb03a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdb03a;
$custom-light: #e0c777;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdb03a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.163,
    "s": 59.514,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7619,
    "c": 0.13627,
    "h": 94.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44335
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDB03A

secondary

#919ED2

accent

#64E345

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDB03A

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

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