#CDB23C#CDB23C

#CDB23C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.451; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.136 H 95.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDB23C
RGB	rgb(205, 178, 60)
HSL	hsl(49, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(49, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 70.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(72.99, -2.99, 60.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(72.99, 60.98, 92.82°)
OKLab	oklab(76.62% -0.0141 0.1356)
OKLCH	oklch(76.62% 0.136 95.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.9149, 45.1484, 10.7808)
Luminance	0.4515 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDB23C #3C57CD

analogous

#CD6A3C #CDB23C #9FCD3C

triadic

#CDB23C #3CCDB2 #B23CCD

tetradic

#CDB23C #3CCD6A #3C57CD #CD3C9F

square

#CDB23C #3CCD6A #3C57CD #CD3C9F

split-complementary

#CDB23C #3C9FCD #6A3CCD

monochromatic

#71621D #A28C2A #CDB23C #D9C56D #E6D89D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#CDB23C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.03

#CDB23C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDB23C

10.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDB23C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDB23C	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)

#C4AE2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB743

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDA49A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdb23c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 178, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.136 95.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c879',
    500: '#cdb23c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdb23c;
$custom-light: #e0c879;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdb23c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.828,
    "s": 59.184,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76618,
    "c": 0.13634,
    "h": 95.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45146
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDB23C

secondary

#939ED2

accent

#63E245

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDB23C

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

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