#CDB12D#CDB12D

#CDB12D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.446; OKLCH L 76.3% C 0.144 H 96.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDB12D
RGB	rgb(205, 177, 45)
HSL	hsl(50, 64%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(50, 78%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.7%, 78%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.64, -3.12, 65.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.64, 66.05, 92.71°)
OKLab	oklab(76.31% -0.016 0.1435)
OKLCH	oklch(76.31% 0.144 96.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.3749, 44.6152, 8.9144)
Luminance	0.4461 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDB12D #2D49CD

analogous

#CD612D #CDB12D #99CD2D

triadic

#CDB12D #2DCDB1 #B12DCD

tetradic

#CDB12D #2DCD61 #2D49CD #CD2D99

square

#CDB12D #2DCD61 #2D49CD #CD2D99

split-complementary

#CDB12D #2D99CD #612DCD

monochromatic

#695A17 #9B8622 #CDB12D #DBC55C #E6D78E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.12

#CDB12D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.92

#CDB12D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDB12D

9.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDB12D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDB12D	1.00	2.12	9.92	9.92
#FFFFFF	2.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AD0D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB636

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DEA398

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdb12d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 177, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.3% 0.144 96.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1c771',
    500: '#cdb12d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdb12d;
$custom-light: #e1c771;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdb12d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.5,
    "s": 64,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76311,
    "c": 0.14441,
    "h": 96.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44613
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDB12D

secondary

#8592D1

accent

#5EE741

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161308

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDB12D

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

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