#CDB255#CDB255

#CDB255 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.117 H 93.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDB255
RGB	rgb(205, 178, 85)
HSL	hsl(47, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(47, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 58.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.21, -1.45, 50.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.21, 50.26, 91.65°)
OKLab	oklab(76.86% -0.0067 0.1167)
OKLCH	oklch(76.86% 0.117 93.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.7387, 45.4779, 15.1195)
Luminance	0.4548 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDB255 #5570CD

analogous

#CD7655 #CDB255 #ACCD55

triadic

#CDB255 #55CDB2 #B255CD

tetradic

#CDB255 #55CD76 #5570CD #CD55AC

square

#CDB255 #55CD76 #5570CD #CD55AC

split-complementary

#CDB255 #55ACCD #7655CD

monochromatic

#826D26 #B19534 #CDB255 #DBC784 #E9DDB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#CDB255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.10

#CDB255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDB255

10.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDB255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDB255	1.00	2.08	10.10	10.10
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3AF4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B759

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCA69D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdb255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 178, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.117 93.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfc888',
    500: '#cdb255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdb255;
$custom-light: #dfc888;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdb255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.5,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76858,
    "c": 0.11689,
    "h": 93.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45476
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDB255

secondary

#A6B1D7

accent

#6BDE4A

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#16130C

muted

#84827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDB255

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

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