#CDB336#CDB336

#CDB336 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.141 H 97.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDB336
RGB	rgb(205, 179, 54)
HSL	hsl(50, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(50, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 73.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.21, -3.80, 63.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.21, 63.52, 93.43°)
OKLab	oklab(76.78% -0.0171 0.1398)
OKLCH	oklch(76.78% 0.141 97)
XYZ	xyz(41.9649, 45.4879, 10.0590)
Luminance	0.4549 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDB336 #3650CD

analogous

#CD6736 #CDB336 #9BCD36

triadic

#CDB336 #36CDB3 #B336CD

tetradic

#CDB336 #36CD67 #3650CD #CD369B

square

#CDB336 #36CD67 #3650CD #CD369B

split-complementary

#CDB336 #369BCD #6736CD

monochromatic

#6D5F1B #9E8A27 #CDB336 #D9C667 #E5D898

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#CDB336 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.10

#CDB336 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDB336

10.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDB336	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDB336	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)

#C5AF20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB73E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDA59B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdb336;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 179, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.141 97.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c976',
    500: '#cdb336',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdb336;
$custom-light: #e0c976;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdb336",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.669,
    "s": 60.159,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76782,
    "c": 0.14083,
    "h": 97
  },
  "luminance": 0.45486
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDB336

secondary

#8E99D1

accent

#60E344

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDB336

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

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