#CDB140#CDB140

#CDB140 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.133 H 95.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDB140
RGB	rgb(205, 177, 64)
HSL	hsl(48, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(48, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.7%, 68.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.76, -2.26, 59.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.76, 59.11, 92.19°)
OKLab	oklab(76.44% -0.0116 0.1324)
OKLCH	oklch(76.44% 0.133 95)
XYZ	xyz(41.8265, 44.7958, 11.2928)
Luminance	0.4479 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDB140 #405CCD

analogous

#CD6A40 #CDB140 #A2CD40

triadic

#CDB140 #40CDB1 #B140CD

tetradic

#CDB140 #40CD6A #405CCD #CD40A2

square

#CDB140 #40CD6A #405CCD #CD40A2

split-complementary

#CDB140 #40A2CD #6A40CD

monochromatic

#74631E #A58D2B #CDB140 #DAC571 #E6D9A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#CDB140 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.96

#CDB140 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDB140

9.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDB140	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDB140	1.00	2.11	9.96	9.96
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AE31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB646

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDA49A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B2B2B2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdb140;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 177, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.133 95.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c87b',
    500: '#cdb140',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdb140;
$custom-light: #e0c87b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdb140",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.085,
    "s": 58.506,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76444,
    "c": 0.13292,
    "h": 95
  },
  "luminance": 0.44794
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDB140

secondary

#96A2D3

accent

#65E246

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDB140

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

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