#CDB048#CDB048

#CDB048 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.445; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.126 H 93.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDB048
RGB	rgb(205, 176, 72)
HSL	hsl(47, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(47, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.1%, 64.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.56, -1.27, 55.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.56, 55.47, 91.32°)
OKLab	oklab(76.31% -0.0078 0.1261)
OKLCH	oklch(76.31% 0.126 93.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.8739, 44.4999, 12.5134)
Luminance	0.4450 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDB048 #4865CD

analogous

#CD6D48 #CDB048 #A8CD48

triadic

#CDB048 #48CDB0 #B048CD

tetradic

#CDB048 #48CD6D #4865CD #CD48A8

square

#CDB048 #48CD6D #4865CD #CD48A8

split-complementary

#CDB048 #48A8CD #6D48CD

monochromatic

#796621 #A98F2E #CDB048 #DAC578 #E7DAA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#CDB048 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.90

#CDB048 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDB048

9.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDB048	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDB048	1.00	2.12	9.90	9.90
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AD3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B64D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDA39A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdb048;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 176, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.126 93.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c780',
    500: '#cdb048',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdb048;
$custom-light: #e0c780;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdb048",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.917,
    "s": 57.082,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7631,
    "c": 0.12632,
    "h": 93.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44498
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDB048

secondary

#9CA8D5

accent

#69E047

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDB048

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

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