#CDB236#CDB236

#CDB236 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.140 H 96.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDB236
RGB	rgb(205, 178, 54)
HSL	hsl(49, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(49, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 73.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.95, -3.28, 63.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.95, 63.23, 92.97°)
OKLab	oklab(76.57% -0.0156 0.1393)
OKLCH	oklch(76.57% 0.14 96.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.7652, 45.0885, 9.9924)
Luminance	0.4509 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDB236 #3651CD

analogous

#CD6736 #CDB236 #9CCD36

triadic

#CDB236 #36CDB2 #B236CD

tetradic

#CDB236 #36CD67 #3651CD #CD369C

square

#CDB236 #36CD67 #3651CD #CD369C

split-complementary

#CDB236 #369CCD #6736CD

monochromatic

#6D5F1B #9E8927 #CDB236 #D9C567 #E5D898

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#CDB236 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.02

#CDB236 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDB236

10.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDB236	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDB236	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)

#C4AE21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB73E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDA49A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdb236;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 178, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.140 96.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c876',
    500: '#cdb236',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdb236;
$custom-light: #e0c876;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdb236",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.272,
    "s": 60.159,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76574,
    "c": 0.14012,
    "h": 96.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45086
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDB236

secondary

#8E9AD1

accent

#61E344

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDB236

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

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