#CDB22D#CDB22D

#CDB22D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.450; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.145 H 96.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDB22D
RGB	rgb(205, 178, 45)
HSL	hsl(50, 64%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(50, 78%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 78%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.90, -3.64, 66.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.90, 66.32, 93.15°)
OKLab	oklab(76.52% -0.0175 0.144)
OKLCH	oklch(76.52% 0.145 96.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.5731, 45.0116, 8.9805)
Luminance	0.4501 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDB22D #2D48CD

analogous

#CD622D #CDB22D #98CD2D

triadic

#CDB22D #2DCDB2 #B22DCD

tetradic

#CDB22D #2DCD62 #2D48CD #CD2D98

square

#CDB22D #2DCD62 #2D48CD #CD2D98

split-complementary

#CDB22D #2D98CD #622DCD

monochromatic

#695B17 #9B8622 #CDB22D #DBC65C #E6D78E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#CDB22D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.00

#CDB22D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDB22D

10.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDB22D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDB22D	1.00	2.10	10.00	10.00
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5AE0C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB736

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DEA499

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdb22d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 178, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.145 96.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1c871',
    500: '#cdb22d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdb22d;
$custom-light: #e1c871;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdb22d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.875,
    "s": 64,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76518,
    "c": 0.14509,
    "h": 96.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45009
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDB22D

secondary

#8592D1

accent

#5DE741

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161308

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDB22D

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

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