#CDB32D#CDB32D

#CDB32D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.146 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDB32D
RGB	rgb(205, 179, 45)
HSL	hsl(50, 64%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(50, 78%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 78%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.16, -4.17, 66.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.16, 66.58, 93.59°)
OKLab	oklab(76.73% -0.019 0.1445)
OKLCH	oklch(76.73% 0.146 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(41.7728, 45.4110, 9.0470)
Luminance	0.4541 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDB32D #2D47CD

analogous

#CD632D #CDB32D #97CD2D

triadic

#CDB32D #2DCDB3 #B32DCD

tetradic

#CDB32D #2DCD63 #2D47CD #CD2D97

square

#CDB32D #2DCD63 #2D47CD #CD2D97

split-complementary

#CDB32D #2D97CD #632DCD

monochromatic

#695B17 #9B8722 #CDB32D #DBC75C #E6D88E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#CDB32D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.08

#CDB32D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDB32D

10.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDB32D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDB32D	1.00	2.08	10.08	10.08
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6AF0C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB737

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DEA59A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdb32d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 179, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.146 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1c971',
    500: '#cdb32d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdb32d;
$custom-light: #e1c971;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdb32d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.25,
    "s": 64,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76726,
    "c": 0.14578,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45409
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDB32D

secondary

#8591D1

accent

#5CE741

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161308

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDB32D

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

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