#CDB232#CDB232

#CDB232 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 76.5% C 0.142 H 96.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDB232
RGB	rgb(205, 178, 50)
HSL	hsl(50, 61%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(50, 76%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 75.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.93, -3.45, 64.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.93, 64.65, 93.06°)
OKLab	oklab(76.55% -0.0165 0.1415)
OKLCH	oklch(76.55% 0.142 96.6)
XYZ	xyz(41.6751, 45.0525, 9.5179)
Luminance	0.4505 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDB232 #324DCD

analogous

#CD6432 #CDB232 #9BCD32

triadic

#CDB232 #32CDB2 #B232CD

tetradic

#CDB232 #32CD64 #324DCD #CD329B

square

#CDB232 #32CD64 #324DCD #CD329B

split-complementary

#CDB232 #329BCD #6432CD

monochromatic

#6B5D1A #9C8726 #CDB232 #D9C463 #E5D794

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#CDB232 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.01

#CDB232 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDB232

10.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDB232	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDB232	1.00	2.10	10.01	10.01
#FFFFFF	2.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AE19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB73A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDA499

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdb232;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 178, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.5% 0.142 96.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c874',
    500: '#cdb232',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdb232;
$custom-light: #e0c874;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdb232",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.548,
    "s": 60.784,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76548,
    "c": 0.14244,
    "h": 96.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4505
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDB232

secondary

#8B97D0

accent

#60E444

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDB232

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

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