#CDB045#CDB045

#CDB045 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.129 H 93.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDB045
RGB	rgb(205, 176, 69)
HSL	hsl(47, 58%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(47, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.1%, 66.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.54, -1.45, 56.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.54, 56.75, 91.47°)
OKLab	oklab(76.28% -0.0087 0.1283)
OKLCH	oklch(76.28% 0.129 93.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.7784, 44.4617, 12.0105)
Luminance	0.4446 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDB045 #4562CD

analogous

#CD6C45 #CDB045 #A6CD45

triadic

#CDB045 #45CDB0 #B045CD

tetradic

#CDB045 #45CD6C #4562CD #CD45A6

square

#CDB045 #45CD6C #4562CD #CD45A6

split-complementary

#CDB045 #45A6CD #6C45CD

monochromatic

#776520 #A88E2D #CDB045 #DAC475 #E7D9A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#CDB045 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.89

#CDB045 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDB045

9.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDB045	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDB045	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)

#C2AD38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B64A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDA39A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdb045;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 176, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.129 93.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c77e',
    500: '#cdb045',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdb045;
$custom-light: #e0c77e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdb045",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.206,
    "s": 57.627,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76281,
    "c": 0.12861,
    "h": 93.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDB045

secondary

#9AA6D4

accent

#68E147

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDB045

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

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