#CDB249#CDB249

#CDB249 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.453; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.127 H 94.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDB249
RGB	rgb(205, 178, 73)
HSL	hsl(48, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(48, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 64.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.09, -2.27, 55.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.09, 55.63, 92.33°)
OKLab	oklab(76.73% -0.0105 0.1265)
OKLCH	oklch(76.73% 0.127 94.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.3018, 45.3031, 12.8183)
Luminance	0.4530 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDB249 #4964CD

analogous

#CD7049 #CDB249 #A6CD49

triadic

#CDB249 #49CDB2 #B249CD

tetradic

#CDB249 #49CD70 #4964CD #CD49A6

square

#CDB249 #49CD70 #4964CD #CD49A6

split-complementary

#CDB249 #49A6CD #7049CD

monochromatic

#7A6822 #AA912F #CDB249 #DAC679 #E7DBA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.09

#CDB249 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.06

#CDB249 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDB249

10.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDB249	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDB249	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)

#C3AF3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB74E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDA59C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B3B3B3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdb249;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 178, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.127 94.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c880',
    500: '#cdb249',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdb249;
$custom-light: #e0c880;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdb249",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.727,
    "s": 56.897,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76731,
    "c": 0.12695,
    "h": 94.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.45301
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDB249

secondary

#9DA8D5

accent

#67E048

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDB249

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

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