#CDB23A#CDB23A

#CDB23A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.138 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDB23A
RGB	rgb(205, 178, 58)
HSL	hsl(49, 60%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(49, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 71.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.98, -3.09, 61.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.98, 61.75, 92.87°)
OKLab	oklab(76.6% -0.0146 0.1369)
OKLCH	oklch(76.6% 0.138 96.1)
XYZ	xyz(41.8631, 45.1276, 10.5076)
Luminance	0.4512 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDB23A #3A55CD

analogous

#CD693A #CDB23A #9ECD3A

triadic

#CDB23A #3ACDB2 #B23ACD

tetradic

#CDB23A #3ACD69 #3A55CD #CD3A9E

square

#CDB23A #3ACD69 #3A55CD #CD3A9E

split-complementary

#CDB23A #3A9ECD #693ACD

monochromatic

#70611C #A18B29 #CDB23A #D9C56B #E6D89C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#CDB23A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.02

#CDB23A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDB23A

10.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDB23A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDB23A	1.00	2.09	10.02	10.02
#FFFFFF	2.09	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)

#C4AE27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB741

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDA49A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdb23a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 178, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.138 96.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c878',
    500: '#cdb23a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdb23a;
$custom-light: #e0c878;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdb23a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.98,
    "s": 59.514,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76603,
    "c": 0.13764,
    "h": 96.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45125
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDB23A

secondary

#919DD2

accent

#62E345

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDB23A

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

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