#CDB145#CDB145

#CDB145 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.129 H 94.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDB145
RGB	rgb(205, 177, 69)
HSL	hsl(48, 58%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(48, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.7%, 66.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.80, -1.98, 57.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.80, 57.04, 91.99°)
OKLab	oklab(76.49% -0.0102 0.1289)
OKLCH	oklch(76.49% 0.129 94.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.9752, 44.8553, 12.0761)
Luminance	0.4485 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDB145 #4561CD

analogous

#CD6D45 #CDB145 #A5CD45

triadic

#CDB145 #45CDB1 #B145CD

tetradic

#CDB145 #45CD6D #4561CD #CD45A5

square

#CDB145 #45CD6D #4561CD #CD45A5

split-complementary

#CDB145 #45A5CD #6D45CD

monochromatic

#776520 #A88E2D #CDB145 #DAC575 #E7D9A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#CDB145 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.97

#CDB145 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDB145

9.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDB145	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDB145	1.00	2.11	9.97	9.97
#FFFFFF	2.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AE38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB64A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDA49A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdb145;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 177, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.129 94.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c87e',
    500: '#cdb145',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdb145;
$custom-light: #e0c87e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdb145",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.647,
    "s": 57.627,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76487,
    "c": 0.1293,
    "h": 94.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.44853
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDB145

secondary

#9AA6D4

accent

#67E147

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDB145

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

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