#CDB248#CDB248

#CDB248 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.128 H 94.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDB248
RGB	rgb(205, 178, 72)
HSL	hsl(48, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(48, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 64.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.08, -2.33, 56.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.08, 56.06, 92.38°)
OKLab	oklab(76.72% -0.0108 0.1273)
OKLCH	oklch(76.72% 0.128 94.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.2689, 45.2900, 12.6450)
Luminance	0.4529 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDB248 #4863CD

analogous

#CD7048 #CDB248 #A5CD48

triadic

#CDB248 #48CDB2 #B248CD

tetradic

#CDB248 #48CD70 #4863CD #CD48A5

square

#CDB248 #48CD70 #4863CD #CD48A5

split-complementary

#CDB248 #48A5CD #7048CD

monochromatic

#796821 #A9902E #CDB248 #DAC678 #E7DAA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#CDB248 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.06

#CDB248 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDB248

10.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDB248	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDB248	1.00	2.09	10.06	10.06
#FFFFFF	2.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AF3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB74D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDA59C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdb248;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 178, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.128 94.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c880',
    500: '#cdb248',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdb248;
$custom-light: #e0c880;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdb248",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.82,
    "s": 57.082,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76721,
    "c": 0.12772,
    "h": 94.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45288
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDB248

secondary

#9CA8D5

accent

#66E047

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDB248

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

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