#CDB03B#CDB03B

#CDB03B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.443; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.136 H 94.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDB03B
RGB	rgb(205, 176, 59)
HSL	hsl(48, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(48, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.1%, 71.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.46, -1.99, 60.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.46, 60.80, 91.88°)
OKLab	oklab(76.2% -0.0114 0.1351)
OKLCH	oklch(76.2% 0.136 94.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.4937, 44.3478, 10.5112)
Luminance	0.4435 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDB03B #3B58CD

analogous

#CD673B #CDB03B #A1CD3B

triadic

#CDB03B #3BCDB0 #B03BCD

tetradic

#CDB03B #3BCD67 #3B58CD #CD3BA1

square

#CDB03B #3BCD67 #3B58CD #CD3BA1

split-complementary

#CDB03B #3BA1CD #673BCD

monochromatic

#71601D #A28A29 #CDB03B #D9C46C #E6D79D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#CDB03B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.87

#CDB03B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDB03B

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDB03B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDB03B	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)

#C2AD2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB642

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDA299

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdb03b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 176, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.136 94.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c778',
    500: '#cdb03b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdb03b;
$custom-light: #e0c778;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdb03b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.082,
    "s": 59.35,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76197,
    "c": 0.13562,
    "h": 94.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDB03B

secondary

#929FD2

accent

#65E345

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDB03B

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

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