#CDB23F#CDB23F

#CDB23F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.134 H 95.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDB23F
RGB	rgb(205, 178, 63)
HSL	hsl(49, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(49, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 69.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.01, -2.84, 59.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.01, 59.80, 92.72°)
OKLab	oklab(76.64% -0.0133 0.1337)
OKLCH	oklch(76.64% 0.134 95.7)
XYZ	xyz(41.9965, 45.1810, 11.2104)
Luminance	0.4518 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDB23F #3F5ACD

analogous

#CD6B3F #CDB23F #A1CD3F

triadic

#CDB23F #3FCDB2 #B23FCD

tetradic

#CDB23F #3FCD6B #3F5ACD #CD3FA1

square

#CDB23F #3FCD6B #3F5ACD #CD3FA1

split-complementary

#CDB23F #3FA1CD #6B3FCD

monochromatic

#74631E #A48D2B #CDB23F #DAC570 #E6D9A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#CDB23F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.04

#CDB23F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDB23F

10.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDB23F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDB23F	1.00	2.09	10.04	10.04
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AE2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB745

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDA59B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdb23f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 178, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.134 95.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c87a',
    500: '#cdb23f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdb23f;
$custom-light: #e0c87a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdb23f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.592,
    "s": 58.678,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76642,
    "c": 0.13432,
    "h": 95.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45179
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDB23F

secondary

#95A1D3

accent

#64E246

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDB23F

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

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