#CDB141#CDB141

#CDB141 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.132 H 94.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDB141
RGB	rgb(205, 177, 65)
HSL	hsl(48, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(48, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.7%, 68.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.76, -2.21, 58.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.76, 58.70, 92.15°)
OKLab	oklab(76.45% -0.0113 0.1317)
OKLCH	oklch(76.45% 0.132 94.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.8552, 44.8073, 11.4441)
Luminance	0.4481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDB141 #415DCD

analogous

#CD6B41 #CDB141 #A3CD41

triadic

#CDB141 #41CDB1 #B141CD

tetradic

#CDB141 #41CD6B #415DCD #CD41A3

square

#CDB141 #41CD6B #415DCD #CD41A3

split-complementary

#CDB141 #41A3CD #6B41CD

monochromatic

#75641F #A58D2C #CDB141 #DAC571 #E6D9A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#CDB141 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.96

#CDB141 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDB141

9.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDB141	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDB141	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)

#C3AE32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB647

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDA49A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdb141;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 177, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.132 94.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c87b',
    500: '#cdb141',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdb141;
$custom-light: #e0c87b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdb141",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 58.333,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76452,
    "c": 0.13221,
    "h": 94.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.44805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDB141

secondary

#97A3D3

accent

#65E246

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDB141

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

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