#CDB32E#CDB32E

#CDB32E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.454; OKLCH L 76.7% C 0.145 H 97.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDB32E
RGB	rgb(205, 179, 46)
HSL	hsl(50, 63%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(50, 78%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 77.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.17, -4.13, 66.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.17, 66.26, 93.57°)
OKLab	oklab(76.73% -0.0188 0.1441)
OKLCH	oklch(76.73% 0.145 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(41.7923, 45.4188, 9.1496)
Luminance	0.4542 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDB32E #2E48CD

analogous

#CD642E #CDB32E #98CD2E

triadic

#CDB32E #2ECDB3 #B32ECD

tetradic

#CDB32E #2ECD64 #2E48CD #CD2E98

square

#CDB32E #2ECD64 #2E48CD #CD2E98

split-complementary

#CDB32E #2E98CD #642ECD

monochromatic

#695C18 #9B8723 #CDB32E #DBC65D #E6D88F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#CDB32E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.08

#CDB32E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDB32E

10.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDB32E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDB32E	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)

#C6AF0F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB737

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DEA59A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdb32e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 179, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.7% 0.145 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1c972',
    500: '#cdb32e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdb32e;
$custom-light: #e1c972;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdb32e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.189,
    "s": 63.347,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76732,
    "c": 0.14527,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.45417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDB32E

secondary

#8692D0

accent

#5CE641

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161308

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDB32E

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

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