#CDB149#CDB149

#CDB149 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.126 H 94.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDB149
RGB	rgb(205, 177, 73)
HSL	hsl(47, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(47, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.7%, 64.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.83, -1.74, 55.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.83, 55.33, 91.80°)
OKLab	oklab(76.53% -0.009 0.1259)
OKLCH	oklch(76.53% 0.126 94.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.1036, 44.9066, 12.7522)
Luminance	0.4490 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDB149 #4965CD

analogous

#CD6F49 #CDB149 #A7CD49

triadic

#CDB149 #49CDB1 #B149CD

tetradic

#CDB149 #49CD6F #4965CD #CD49A7

square

#CDB149 #49CD6F #4965CD #CD49A7

split-complementary

#CDB149 #49A7CD #6F49CD

monochromatic

#7A6722 #AA902F #CDB149 #DAC679 #E7DAA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#CDB149 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.98

#CDB149 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDB149

9.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDB149	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDB149	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)

#C2AE3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB64E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDA49B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdb149;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 177, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.126 94.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c880',
    500: '#cdb149',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdb149;
$custom-light: #e0c880;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdb149",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.273,
    "s": 56.897,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76525,
    "c": 0.12623,
    "h": 94.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.44904
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDB149

secondary

#9DA9D5

accent

#68E048

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDB149

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

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