#CDB142#CDB142

#CDB142 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.448; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.132 H 94.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDB142
RGB	rgb(205, 177, 66)
HSL	hsl(48, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(48, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.7%, 67.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.77, -2.15, 58.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.77, 58.29, 92.12°)
OKLab	oklab(76.46% -0.011 0.131)
OKLCH	oklch(76.46% 0.132 94.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.8844, 44.8190, 11.5980)
Luminance	0.4482 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDB142 #425ECD

analogous

#CD6B42 #CDB142 #A3CD42

triadic

#CDB142 #42CDB1 #B142CD

tetradic

#CDB142 #42CD6B #425ECD #CD42A3

square

#CDB142 #42CD6B #425ECD #CD42A3

split-complementary

#CDB142 #42A3CD #6B42CD

monochromatic

#76641F #A68D2C #CDB142 #DAC572 #E7D9A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#CDB142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.96

#CDB142 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDB142

9.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDB142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDB142	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)

#C3AE34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB648

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDA49A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdb142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 177, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.132 94.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c87c',
    500: '#cdb142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdb142;
$custom-light: #e0c87c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdb142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.914,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76461,
    "c": 0.1315,
    "h": 94.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44817
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDB142

secondary

#97A4D3

accent

#66E146

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDB142

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

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