#CDB23D#CDB23D

#CDB23D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.452; 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	#CDB23D
RGB	rgb(205, 178, 61)
HSL	hsl(49, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(49, 70%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 70.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.00, -2.94, 60.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.00, 60.59, 92.79°)
OKLab	oklab(76.63% -0.0139 0.135)
OKLCH	oklch(76.63% 0.136 95.9)
XYZ	xyz(41.9416, 45.1591, 10.9214)
Luminance	0.4516 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDB23D #3D58CD

analogous

#CD6A3D #CDB23D #A0CD3D

triadic

#CDB23D #3DCDB2 #B23DCD

tetradic

#CDB23D #3DCD6A #3D58CD #CD3DA0

square

#CDB23D #3DCD6A #3D58CD #CD3DA0

split-complementary

#CDB23D #3DA0CD #6A3DCD

monochromatic

#72621D #A38C2A #CDB23D #DAC56E #E6D99E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#CDB23D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.03

#CDB23D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDB23D

10.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDB23D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDB23D	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)

#C4AE2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB744

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDA49A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdb23d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 178, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.136 95.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c879',
    500: '#cdb23d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdb23d;
$custom-light: #e0c879;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdb23d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.75,
    "s": 59.016,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76626,
    "c": 0.13568,
    "h": 95.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45157
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDB23D

secondary

#939FD2

accent

#63E246

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDB23D

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

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