#CDB33B#CDB33B

#CDB33B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.455; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.138 H 96.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDB33B
RGB	rgb(205, 179, 59)
HSL	hsl(49, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(49, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 71.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.24, -3.57, 61.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.24, 61.65, 93.32°)
OKLab	oklab(76.82% -0.0159 0.1368)
OKLCH	oklch(76.82% 0.138 96.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.0884, 45.5373, 10.7095)
Luminance	0.4553 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDB33B #3B55CD

analogous

#CD6A3B #CDB33B #9ECD3B

triadic

#CDB33B #3BCDB3 #B33BCD

tetradic

#CDB33B #3BCD6A #3B55CD #CD3B9E

square

#CDB33B #3BCD6A #3B55CD #CD3B9E

split-complementary

#CDB33B #3B9ECD #6A3BCD

monochromatic

#71621D #A28C29 #CDB33B #D9C66C #E6D99D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#CDB33B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.11

#CDB33B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDB33B

10.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDB33B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDB33B	1.00	2.08	10.11	10.11
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5AF29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB742

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDA59B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdb33b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 179, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.138 96.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c978',
    500: '#cdb33b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdb33b;
$custom-light: #e0c978;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdb33b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.315,
    "s": 59.35,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76818,
    "c": 0.13771,
    "h": 96.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.45535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDB33B

secondary

#929DD2

accent

#61E345

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDB33B

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

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