#CDB043#CDB043

#CDB043 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.444; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.130 H 94.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDB043
RGB	rgb(205, 176, 67)
HSL	hsl(47, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(47, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.1%, 67.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.52, -1.57, 57.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.52, 57.59, 91.56°)
OKLab	oklab(76.26% -0.0092 0.1298)
OKLCH	oklch(76.26% 0.13 94.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.7173, 44.4373, 11.6890)
Luminance	0.4444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDB043 #4360CD

analogous

#CD6B43 #CDB043 #A5CD43

triadic

#CDB043 #43CDB0 #B043CD

tetradic

#CDB043 #43CD6B #4360CD #CD43A5

square

#CDB043 #43CD6B #4360CD #CD43A5

split-complementary

#CDB043 #43A5CD #6B43CD

monochromatic

#76641F #A78D2C #CDB043 #DAC473 #E7D9A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#CDB043 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.89

#CDB043 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDB043

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDB043	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDB043	1.00	2.12	9.89	9.89
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AD35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B649

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDA399

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdb043;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 176, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.130 94.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c77d',
    500: '#cdb043',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdb043;
$custom-light: #e0c77d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdb043",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.391,
    "s": 57.983,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76263,
    "c": 0.13009,
    "h": 94.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44435
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDB043

secondary

#98A5D4

accent

#67E147

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDB043

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

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