#CDB216#CDB216

#CDB216 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.449; OKLCH L 76.4% C 0.154 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDB216
RGB	rgb(205, 178, 22)
HSL	hsl(51, 81%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(51, 89%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 89.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.81, -4.27, 72.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.81, 72.19, 93.39°)
OKLab	oklab(76.42% -0.0209 0.1525)
OKLCH	oklch(76.42% 0.154 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.2444, 44.8802, 7.2492)
Luminance	0.4488 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDB216 #1631CD

analogous

#CD5716 #CDB216 #8CCD16

triadic

#CDB216 #16CDB2 #B216CD

tetradic

#CDB216 #16CD57 #1631CD #CD168C

square

#CDB216 #16CD57 #1631CD #CD168C

split-complementary

#CDB216 #168CCD #5716CD

monochromatic

#5E520A #968210 #CDB216 #EACF37 #EFDC6E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.11

#CDB216 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.98

#CDB216 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDB216

9.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDB216	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDB216	1.00	2.11	9.98	9.98
#FFFFFF	2.11	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)

#C5AE00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB726

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DEA398

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdb216;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 178, 22);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.4% 0.154 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1c869',
    500: '#cdb216',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdb216;
$custom-light: #e1c869;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdb216",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 22
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.148,
    "s": 80.617,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76422,
    "c": 0.15391,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.44878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDB216

secondary

#6979D5

accent

#4EF731

background

#FEFCF6

surface

#FDF8EC

border

#D5D1C7

text

#161307

muted

#84827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDB216

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

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