#CDB23B#CDB23B

#CDB23B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.137 H 96.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDB23B
RGB	rgb(205, 178, 59)
HSL	hsl(49, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(49, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 71.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.98, -3.04, 61.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.98, 61.36, 92.84°)
OKLab	oklab(76.61% -0.0144 0.1362)
OKLCH	oklch(76.61% 0.137 96)
XYZ	xyz(41.8888, 45.1379, 10.6429)
Luminance	0.4514 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDB23B #3B56CD

analogous

#CD693B #CDB23B #9FCD3B

triadic

#CDB23B #3BCDB2 #B23BCD

tetradic

#CDB23B #3BCD69 #3B56CD #CD3B9F

square

#CDB23B #3BCD69 #3B56CD #CD3B9F

split-complementary

#CDB23B #3B9FCD #693BCD

monochromatic

#71611D #A28B29 #CDB23B #D9C56C #E6D89D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#CDB23B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.03

#CDB23B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDB23B

10.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDB23B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDB23B	1.00	2.09	10.03	10.03
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AE29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB742

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDA49A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdb23b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 178, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.137 96.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c878',
    500: '#cdb23b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdb23b;
$custom-light: #e0c878;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdb23b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.904,
    "s": 59.35,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76611,
    "c": 0.137,
    "h": 96
  },
  "luminance": 0.45136
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDB23B

secondary

#929ED2

accent

#62E345

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDB23B

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

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