#CDB242#CDB242

#CDB242 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.132 H 95.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDB242
RGB	rgb(205, 178, 66)
HSL	hsl(48, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(48, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 67.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.03, -2.68, 58.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.03, 58.58, 92.62°)
OKLab	oklab(76.67% -0.0125 0.1316)
OKLCH	oklch(76.67% 0.132 95.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.0826, 45.2155, 11.6641)
Luminance	0.4521 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDB242 #425DCD

analogous

#CD6C42 #CDB242 #A3CD42

triadic

#CDB242 #42CDB2 #B242CD

tetradic

#CDB242 #42CD6C #425DCD #CD42A3

square

#CDB242 #42CD6C #425DCD #CD42A3

split-complementary

#CDB242 #42A3CD #6C42CD

monochromatic

#76651F #A68E2C #CDB242 #DAC672 #E7D9A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#CDB242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.04

#CDB242 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDB242

10.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDB242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDB242	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)

#C4AE33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB748

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDA59B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdb242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 178, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.132 95.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c87c',
    500: '#cdb242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdb242;
$custom-light: #e0c87c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdb242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.345,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76667,
    "c": 0.13221,
    "h": 95.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDB242

secondary

#97A3D3

accent

#65E146

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDB242

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

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