#CDB239#CDB239

#CDB239 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.138 H 96.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDB239
RGB	rgb(205, 178, 57)
HSL	hsl(49, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(49, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 72.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.97, -3.14, 62.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.97, 62.13, 92.90°)
OKLab	oklab(76.6% -0.0149 0.1375)
OKLCH	oklch(76.6% 0.138 96.2)
XYZ	xyz(41.8379, 45.1176, 10.3750)
Luminance	0.4511 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDB239 #3954CD

analogous

#CD6839 #CDB239 #9ECD39

triadic

#CDB239 #39CDB2 #B239CD

tetradic

#CDB239 #39CD68 #3954CD #CD399E

square

#CDB239 #39CD68 #3954CD #CD399E

split-complementary

#CDB239 #399ECD #6839CD

monochromatic

#6F601C #A08A28 #CDB239 #D9C56A #E6D89B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.10

#CDB239 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.02

#CDB239 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDB239

10.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDB239	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDB239	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)

#C4AE26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB740

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDA49A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdb239;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 178, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.138 96.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c877',
    500: '#cdb239',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdb239;
$custom-light: #e0c877;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdb239",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.054,
    "s": 59.677,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76596,
    "c": 0.13828,
    "h": 96.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.45115
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDB239

secondary

#909CD2

accent

#62E345

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDB239

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

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