#CDB041#CDB041

#CDB041 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 76.2% C 0.132 H 94.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDB041
RGB	rgb(205, 176, 65)
HSL	hsl(48, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(48, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.1%, 68.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.50, -1.68, 58.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.50, 58.41, 91.65°)
OKLab	oklab(76.25% -0.0098 0.1312)
OKLCH	oklch(76.25% 0.132 94.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.6584, 44.4137, 11.3785)
Luminance	0.4441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDB041 #415ECD

analogous

#CD6A41 #CDB041 #A4CD41

triadic

#CDB041 #41CDB0 #B041CD

tetradic

#CDB041 #41CD6A #415ECD #CD41A4

square

#CDB041 #41CD6A #415ECD #CD41A4

split-complementary

#CDB041 #41A4CD #6A41CD

monochromatic

#75631F #A58C2C #CDB041 #DAC471 #E6D8A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.13

#CDB041 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.88

#CDB041 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDB041

9.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDB041	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDB041	1.00	2.13	9.88	9.88
#FFFFFF	2.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AD32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B647

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDA399

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdb041;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 176, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.2% 0.132 94.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c77b',
    500: '#cdb041',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdb041;
$custom-light: #e0c77b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdb041",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.571,
    "s": 58.333,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76246,
    "c": 0.13153,
    "h": 94.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.44411
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDB041

secondary

#97A3D3

accent

#66E246

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDB041

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

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