#CDB042#CDB042

#CDB042 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.131 H 94.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDB042
RGB	rgb(205, 176, 66)
HSL	hsl(47, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(47, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.1%, 67.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.51, -1.63, 57.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.51, 58.00, 91.61°)
OKLab	oklab(76.26% -0.0095 0.1305)
OKLCH	oklch(76.26% 0.131 94.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.6876, 44.4254, 11.5324)
Luminance	0.4442 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDB042 #425FCD

analogous

#CD6A42 #CDB042 #A4CD42

triadic

#CDB042 #42CDB0 #B042CD

tetradic

#CDB042 #42CD6A #425FCD #CD42A4

square

#CDB042 #42CD6A #425FCD #CD42A4

split-complementary

#CDB042 #42A4CD #6A42CD

monochromatic

#76631F #A68C2C #CDB042 #DAC472 #E7D8A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#CDB042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.88

#CDB042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDB042

9.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDB042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDB042	1.00	2.12	9.88	9.88
#FFFFFF	2.12	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)

#C2AD34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B648

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDA399

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdb042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 176, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.131 94.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c77c',
    500: '#cdb042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdb042;
$custom-light: #e0c77c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdb042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.482,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76255,
    "c": 0.13082,
    "h": 94.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDB042

secondary

#97A4D3

accent

#67E146

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDB042

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

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