#CDB13D#CDB13D

#CDB13D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.135 H 95.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDB13D
RGB	rgb(205, 177, 61)
HSL	hsl(48, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(48, 70%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.7%, 70.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.74, -2.42, 60.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.74, 60.30, 92.30°)
OKLab	oklab(76.42% -0.0124 0.1344)
OKLCH	oklch(76.42% 0.135 95.3)
XYZ	xyz(41.7434, 44.7626, 10.8553)
Luminance	0.4476 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDB13D #3D59CD

analogous

#CD693D #CDB13D #A1CD3D

triadic

#CDB13D #3DCDB1 #B13DCD

tetradic

#CDB13D #3DCD69 #3D59CD #CD3DA1

square

#CDB13D #3DCD69 #3D59CD #CD3DA1

split-complementary

#CDB13D #3DA1CD #693DCD

monochromatic

#72621D #A38B2A #CDB13D #DAC56E #E6D89E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#CDB13D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.95

#CDB13D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDB13D

9.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDB13D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDB13D	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)

#C3AD2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB643

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDA39A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdb13d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 177, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.135 95.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c779',
    500: '#cdb13d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdb13d;
$custom-light: #e0c779;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdb13d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.333,
    "s": 59.016,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76419,
    "c": 0.13498,
    "h": 95.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4476
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDB13D

secondary

#93A0D2

accent

#64E246

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDB13D

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

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