#CDB245#CDB245

#CDB245 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.130 H 95.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDB245
RGB	rgb(205, 178, 69)
HSL	hsl(48, 58%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(48, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 66.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.06, -2.51, 57.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.06, 57.34, 92.51°)
OKLab	oklab(76.69% -0.0117 0.1295)
OKLCH	oklch(76.69% 0.13 95.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.1734, 45.2518, 12.1421)
Luminance	0.4525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDB245 #4560CD

analogous

#CD6E45 #CDB245 #A4CD45

triadic

#CDB245 #45CDB2 #B245CD

tetradic

#CDB245 #45CD6E #4560CD #CD45A4

square

#CDB245 #45CD6E #4560CD #CD45A4

split-complementary

#CDB245 #45A4CD #6E45CD

monochromatic

#776620 #A88F2D #CDB245 #DAC675 #E7DAA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#CDB245 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.05

#CDB245 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDB245

10.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDB245	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDB245	1.00	2.09	10.05	10.05
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AE37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB74B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDA59B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdb245;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 178, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.130 95.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c87e',
    500: '#cdb245',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdb245;
$custom-light: #e0c87e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdb245",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.088,
    "s": 57.627,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76694,
    "c": 0.13001,
    "h": 95.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDB245

secondary

#9AA5D4

accent

#65E147

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDB245

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

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