#CDB139#CDB139

#CDB139 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.138 H 95.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDB139
RGB	rgb(205, 177, 57)
HSL	hsl(49, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(49, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.7%, 72.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.71, -2.62, 61.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.71, 61.84, 92.42°)
OKLab	oklab(76.39% -0.0134 0.1369)
OKLCH	oklch(76.39% 0.138 95.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.6396, 44.7211, 10.3089)
Luminance	0.4472 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDB139 #3955CD

analogous

#CD6739 #CDB139 #9FCD39

triadic

#CDB139 #39CDB1 #B139CD

tetradic

#CDB139 #39CD67 #3955CD #CD399F

square

#CDB139 #39CD67 #3955CD #CD399F

split-complementary

#CDB139 #399FCD #6739CD

monochromatic

#6F601C #A08A28 #CDB139 #D9C46A #E6D79B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#CDB139 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.94

#CDB139 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDB139

9.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDB139	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDB139	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)

#C3AD26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB640

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDA399

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdb139;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 177, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.138 95.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c777',
    500: '#cdb139',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdb139;
$custom-light: #e0c777;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdb139",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.649,
    "s": 59.677,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76389,
    "c": 0.13758,
    "h": 95.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.44719
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDB139

secondary

#909DD2

accent

#63E345

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDB139

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

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