#CDB259#CDB259

#CDB259 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.113 H 92.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDB259
RGB	rgb(205, 178, 89)
HSL	hsl(46, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(46, 57%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 13.2%, 56.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.25, -1.14, 48.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.25, 48.39, 91.36°)
OKLab	oklab(76.91% -0.0054 0.1132)
OKLCH	oklch(76.91% 0.113 92.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.9022, 45.5433, 15.9802)
Luminance	0.4554 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDB259 #5974CD

analogous

#CD7859 #CDB259 #AECD59

triadic

#CDB259 #59CDB2 #B259CD

tetradic

#CDB259 #59CD78 #5974CD #CD59AE

square

#CDB259 #59CD78 #5974CD #CD59AE

split-complementary

#CDB259 #59AECD #7859CD

monochromatic

#846E28 #B39636 #CDB259 #DBC888 #E9DEB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#CDB259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.11

#CDB259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDB259

10.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDB259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDB259	1.00	2.08	10.11	10.11
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C2AF51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B75D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCA69E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdb259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 178, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.113 92.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfc88a',
    500: '#cdb259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdb259;
$custom-light: #dfc88a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdb259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 178,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.034,
    "s": 53.704,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76906,
    "c": 0.11329,
    "h": 92.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45541
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDB259

secondary

#AAB4D8

accent

#6DDD4B

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#16130C

muted

#84827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDB259

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

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