#CDB252#CDB252

#CDB252 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.120 H 93.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDB252
RGB	rgb(205, 178, 82)
HSL	hsl(47, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(47, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 60%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.17, -1.67, 51.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.17, 51.63, 91.85°)
OKLab	oklab(76.82% -0.0077 0.1193)
OKLCH	oklch(76.82% 0.12 93.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.6221, 45.4312, 14.5051)
Luminance	0.4543 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDB252 #526DCD

analogous

#CD7552 #CDB252 #ABCD52

triadic

#CDB252 #52CDB2 #B252CD

tetradic

#CDB252 #52CD75 #526DCD #CD52AB

square

#CDB252 #52CD75 #526DCD #CD52AB

split-complementary

#CDB252 #52ABCD #7552CD

monochromatic

#806C25 #AF9433 #CDB252 #DBC781 #E8DCB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#CDB252 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.09

#CDB252 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDB252

10.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDB252	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDB252	1.00	2.08	10.09	10.09
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AF48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB756

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCA69D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdb252;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 178, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.120 93.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfc886',
    500: '#cdb252',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdb252;
$custom-light: #dfc886;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdb252",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.829,
    "s": 55.157,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76824,
    "c": 0.11952,
    "h": 93.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45429
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDB252

secondary

#A4AFD7

accent

#6ADE49

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#16130B

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDB252

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

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