#CDB240#CDB240

#CDB240 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 76.6% C 0.134 H 95.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDB240
RGB	rgb(205, 178, 64)
HSL	hsl(49, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(49, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 68.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.02, -2.79, 59.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.02, 59.39, 92.69°)
OKLab	oklab(76.65% -0.0131 0.133)
OKLCH	oklch(76.65% 0.134 95.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.0247, 45.1923, 11.3589)
Luminance	0.4519 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDB240 #405BCD

analogous

#CD6C40 #CDB240 #A1CD40

triadic

#CDB240 #40CDB2 #B240CD

tetradic

#CDB240 #40CD6C #405BCD #CD40A1

square

#CDB240 #40CD6C #405BCD #CD40A1

split-complementary

#CDB240 #40A1CD #6C40CD

monochromatic

#74641E #A58D2B #CDB240 #DAC671 #E6D9A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#CDB240 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.04

#CDB240 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDB240

10.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDB240	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDB240	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)

#C4AE31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB746

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDA59B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdb240;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 178, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.6% 0.134 95.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c87b',
    500: '#cdb240',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdb240;
$custom-light: #e0c87b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdb240",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.511,
    "s": 58.506,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7665,
    "c": 0.13362,
    "h": 95.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4519
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDB240

secondary

#96A2D3

accent

#64E246

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDB240

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

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