#CDB243#CDB243

#CDB243 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.452; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.131 H 95.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDB243
RGB	rgb(205, 178, 67)
HSL	hsl(48, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(48, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 67.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.04, -2.62, 58.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.04, 58.17, 92.58°)
OKLab	oklab(76.68% -0.0122 0.1309)
OKLCH	oklch(76.68% 0.131 95.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.1124, 45.2274, 11.8207)
Luminance	0.4522 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDB243 #435ECD

analogous

#CD6D43 #CDB243 #A3CD43

triadic

#CDB243 #43CDB2 #B243CD

tetradic

#CDB243 #43CD6D #435ECD #CD43A3

square

#CDB243 #43CD6D #435ECD #CD43A3

split-complementary

#CDB243 #43A3CD #6D43CD

monochromatic

#76651F #A78F2C #CDB243 #DAC673 #E7DAA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#CDB243 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.04

#CDB243 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDB243

10.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDB243	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDB243	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)

#C4AE35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB749

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDA59B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdb243;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 178, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.131 95.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c87d',
    500: '#cdb243',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdb243;
$custom-light: #e0c87d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdb243",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.261,
    "s": 57.983,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76676,
    "c": 0.13148,
    "h": 95.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDB243

secondary

#98A4D4

accent

#65E147

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDB243

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

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