#CDB13B#CDB13B

#CDB13B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.447; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.136 H 95.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDB13B
RGB	rgb(205, 177, 59)
HSL	hsl(48, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(48, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.7%, 71.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.72, -2.52, 61.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.72, 61.08, 92.36°)
OKLab	oklab(76.4% -0.0129 0.1357)
OKLCH	oklch(76.4% 0.136 95.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.6905, 44.7414, 10.5768)
Luminance	0.4474 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDB13B #3B57CD

analogous

#CD683B #CDB13B #A0CD3B

triadic

#CDB13B #3BCDB1 #B13BCD

tetradic

#CDB13B #3BCD68 #3B57CD #CD3BA0

square

#CDB13B #3BCD68 #3B57CD #CD3BA0

split-complementary

#CDB13B #3BA0CD #683BCD

monochromatic

#71611D #A28A29 #CDB13B #D9C46C #E6D89D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#CDB13B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.95

#CDB13B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDB13B

9.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDB13B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDB13B	1.00	2.11	9.95	9.95
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AD29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB642

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDA399

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdb13b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 177, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.136 95.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c778',
    500: '#cdb13b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdb13b;
$custom-light: #e0c778;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdb13b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.493,
    "s": 59.35,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76404,
    "c": 0.1363,
    "h": 95.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.44739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDB13B

secondary

#929ED2

accent

#63E345

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDB13B

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

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