#CDB157#CDB157

#CDB157 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.114 H 92.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDB157
RGB	rgb(205, 177, 87)
HSL	hsl(46, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(46, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.7%, 57.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.97, -0.77, 49.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.97, 49.02, 90.90°)
OKLab	oklab(76.68% -0.0045 0.1143)
OKLCH	oklch(76.68% 0.114 92.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.6211, 45.1136, 15.4778)
Luminance	0.4511 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDB157 #5773CD

analogous

#CD7657 #CDB157 #AECD57

triadic

#CDB157 #57CDB1 #B157CD

tetradic

#CDB157 #57CD76 #5773CD #CD57AE

square

#CDB157 #57CD76 #5773CD #CD57AE

split-complementary

#CDB157 #57AECD #7657CD

monochromatic

#836D27 #B29435 #CDB157 #DBC786 #E9DDB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#CDB157 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.02

#CDB157 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDB157

10.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDB157	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDB157	1.00	2.10	10.02	10.02
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C1AE4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B75B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCA59D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdb157;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 177, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.114 92.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfc889',
    500: '#cdb157',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdb157;
$custom-light: #dfc889;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdb157",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 177,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.763,
    "s": 54.128,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76676,
    "c": 0.11439,
    "h": 92.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDB157

secondary

#A8B3D8

accent

#6DDD4A

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#16130C

muted

#84827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDB157

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

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