#CDB23E#CDB23E

#CDB23E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.135 H 95.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDB23E
RGB	rgb(205, 178, 62)
HSL	hsl(49, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(49, 70%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 69.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.00, -2.89, 60.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.00, 60.19, 92.75°)
OKLab	oklab(76.63% -0.0136 0.1343)
OKLCH	oklch(76.63% 0.135 95.8)
XYZ	xyz(41.9688, 45.1699, 11.0646)
Luminance	0.4517 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDB23E #3E59CD

analogous

#CD6A3E #CDB23E #A1CD3E

triadic

#CDB23E #3ECDB2 #B23ECD

tetradic

#CDB23E #3ECD6A #3E59CD #CD3EA1

square

#CDB23E #3ECD6A #3E59CD #CD3EA1

split-complementary

#CDB23E #3EA1CD #6A3ECD

monochromatic

#73631E #A38D2A #CDB23E #DAC56F #E6D99F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#CDB23E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.03

#CDB23E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDB23E

10.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDB23E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDB23E	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)

#C4AE2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB744

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDA49A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdb23e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 178, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.135 95.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c87a',
    500: '#cdb23e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdb23e;
$custom-light: #e0c87a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdb23e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.671,
    "s": 58.848,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76634,
    "c": 0.13501,
    "h": 95.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.45168
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDB23E

secondary

#94A0D3

accent

#63E246

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDB23E

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

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