#CDB253#CDB253

#CDB253 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.119 H 93.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDB253
RGB	rgb(205, 178, 83)
HSL	hsl(47, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(47, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 59.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.19, -1.59, 51.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.19, 51.18, 91.79°)
OKLab	oklab(76.83% -0.0074 0.1184)
OKLCH	oklch(76.83% 0.119 93.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.6604, 45.4466, 14.7069)
Luminance	0.4544 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDB253 #536ECD

analogous

#CD7553 #CDB253 #ABCD53

triadic

#CDB253 #53CDB2 #B253CD

tetradic

#CDB253 #53CD75 #536ECD #CD53AB

square

#CDB253 #53CD75 #536ECD #CD53AB

split-complementary

#CDB253 #53ABCD #7553CD

monochromatic

#806C25 #B09433 #CDB253 #DBC782 #E9DCB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#CDB253 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.09

#CDB253 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDB253

10.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDB253	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDB253	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)

#C3AF49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB757

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCA69D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdb253;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 178, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.119 93.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfc887',
    500: '#cdb253',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdb253;
$custom-light: #dfc887;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdb253",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.721,
    "s": 54.955,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76835,
    "c": 0.11866,
    "h": 93.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDB253

secondary

#A5B0D7

accent

#6ADE4A

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#16130B

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDB253

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

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