#CDB339#CDB339

#CDB339 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.139 H 96.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDB339
RGB	rgb(205, 179, 57)
HSL	hsl(49, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(49, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 72.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.23, -3.66, 62.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.23, 62.41, 93.37°)
OKLab	oklab(76.8% -0.0164 0.138)
OKLCH	oklch(76.8% 0.139 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.0376, 45.5169, 10.4415)
Luminance	0.4551 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDB339 #3953CD

analogous

#CD6939 #CDB339 #9DCD39

triadic

#CDB339 #39CDB3 #B339CD

tetradic

#CDB339 #39CD69 #3953CD #CD399D

square

#CDB339 #39CD69 #3953CD #CD399D

split-complementary

#CDB339 #399DCD #6939CD

monochromatic

#6F611C #A08B28 #CDB339 #D9C66A #E6D99B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#CDB339 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.10

#CDB339 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDB339

10.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDB339	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDB339	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)

#C5AF26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB740

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDA59B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdb339;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 179, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.139 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c977',
    500: '#cdb339',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdb339;
$custom-light: #e0c977;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdb339",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.459,
    "s": 59.677,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76803,
    "c": 0.13899,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.45515
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDB339

secondary

#909CD2

accent

#61E345

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDB339

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

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