#CDB136#CDB136

#CDB136 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.139 H 95.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDB136
RGB	rgb(205, 177, 54)
HSL	hsl(49, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(49, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.7%, 73.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.69, -2.75, 62.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.69, 62.96, 92.51°)
OKLab	oklab(76.37% -0.0141 0.1387)
OKLCH	oklch(76.37% 0.139 95.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.5670, 44.6920, 9.9263)
Luminance	0.4469 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDB136 #3652CD

analogous

#CD6536 #CDB136 #9DCD36

triadic

#CDB136 #36CDB1 #B136CD

tetradic

#CDB136 #36CD65 #3652CD #CD369D

square

#CDB136 #36CD65 #3652CD #CD369D

split-complementary

#CDB136 #369DCD #6536CD

monochromatic

#6D5E1B #9E8827 #CDB136 #D9C467 #E5D798

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#CDB136 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.94

#CDB136 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDB136

9.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDB136	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDB136	1.00	2.11	9.94	9.94
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AD21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB63D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDA399

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdb136;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 177, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.139 95.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c775',
    500: '#cdb136',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdb136;
$custom-light: #e0c775;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdb136",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.874,
    "s": 60.159,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76368,
    "c": 0.13943,
    "h": 95.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4469
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDB136

secondary

#8E9AD1

accent

#62E344

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDB136

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

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