#CDB03D#CDB03D

#CDB03D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.134 H 94.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDB03D
RGB	rgb(205, 176, 61)
HSL	hsl(48, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(48, 70%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.1%, 70.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.47, -1.89, 59.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.47, 60.02, 91.81°)
OKLab	oklab(76.21% -0.0109 0.1339)
OKLCH	oklch(76.21% 0.134 94.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.5466, 44.3690, 10.7897)
Luminance	0.4437 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDB03D #3D5ACD

analogous

#CD683D #CDB03D #A2CD3D

triadic

#CDB03D #3DCDB0 #B03DCD

tetradic

#CDB03D #3DCD68 #3D5ACD #CD3DA2

square

#CDB03D #3DCD68 #3D5ACD #CD3DA2

split-complementary

#CDB03D #3DA2CD #683DCD

monochromatic

#72611D #A38A2A #CDB03D #DAC46E #E6D89E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#CDB03D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.87

#CDB03D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDB03D

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDB03D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDB03D	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)

#C2AD2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B643

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDA299

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdb03d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 176, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.134 94.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c779',
    500: '#cdb03d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdb03d;
$custom-light: #e0c779;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdb03d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.917,
    "s": 59.016,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76213,
    "c": 0.1343,
    "h": 94.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44367
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDB03D

secondary

#93A0D2

accent

#65E246

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDB03D

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

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