#CDB148#CDB148

#CDB148 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.127 H 94.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDB148
RGB	rgb(205, 177, 72)
HSL	hsl(47, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(47, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.7%, 64.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.82, -1.80, 55.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.82, 55.76, 91.85°)
OKLab	oklab(76.52% -0.0093 0.1267)
OKLCH	oklch(76.52% 0.127 94.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.0707, 44.8935, 12.5790)
Luminance	0.4489 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDB148 #4864CD

analogous

#CD6E48 #CDB148 #A7CD48

triadic

#CDB148 #48CDB1 #B148CD

tetradic

#CDB148 #48CD6E #4864CD #CD48A7

square

#CDB148 #48CD6E #4864CD #CD48A7

split-complementary

#CDB148 #48A7CD #6E48CD

monochromatic

#796721 #A9902E #CDB148 #DAC578 #E7DAA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#CDB148 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.98

#CDB148 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDB148

9.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDB148	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDB148	1.00	2.10	9.98	9.98
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AE3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB64D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDA49B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdb148;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 177, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.127 94.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c880',
    500: '#cdb148',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdb148;
$custom-light: #e0c880;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdb148",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.368,
    "s": 57.082,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76515,
    "c": 0.12701,
    "h": 94.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.44891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDB148

secondary

#9CA8D5

accent

#68E047

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDB148

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

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