#CDB33A#CDB33A

#CDB33A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.138 H 96.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDB33A
RGB	rgb(205, 179, 58)
HSL	hsl(49, 60%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(49, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 71.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.24, -3.62, 61.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.24, 62.03, 93.34°)
OKLab	oklab(76.81% -0.0161 0.1374)
OKLCH	oklch(76.81% 0.138 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.0628, 45.5270, 10.5742)
Luminance	0.4552 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDB33A #3A54CD

analogous

#CD6A3A #CDB33A #9ECD3A

triadic

#CDB33A #3ACDB3 #B33ACD

tetradic

#CDB33A #3ACD6A #3A54CD #CD3A9E

square

#CDB33A #3ACD6A #3A54CD #CD3A9E

split-complementary

#CDB33A #3A9ECD #6A3ACD

monochromatic

#70611C #A18C29 #CDB33A #D9C66B #E6D99C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#CDB33A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.10

#CDB33A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDB33A

10.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDB33A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDB33A	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)

#C5AF27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB741

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDA59B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdb33a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 179, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.138 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c978',
    500: '#cdb33a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdb33a;
$custom-light: #e0c978;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdb33a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.388,
    "s": 59.514,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7681,
    "c": 0.13835,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDB33A

secondary

#919DD2

accent

#61E345

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDB33A

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

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