#CDB33D#CDB33D

#CDB33D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 76.8% C 0.136 H 96.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDB33D
RGB	rgb(205, 179, 61)
HSL	hsl(49, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(49, 70%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 70.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.26, -3.47, 60.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.26, 60.88, 93.27°)
OKLab	oklab(76.83% -0.0154 0.1355)
OKLCH	oklch(76.83% 0.136 96.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.1413, 45.5584, 10.9879)
Luminance	0.4556 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDB33D #3D57CD

analogous

#CD6B3D #CDB33D #9FCD3D

triadic

#CDB33D #3DCDB3 #B33DCD

tetradic

#CDB33D #3DCD6B #3D57CD #CD3D9F

square

#CDB33D #3DCD6B #3D57CD #CD3D9F

split-complementary

#CDB33D #3D9FCD #6B3DCD

monochromatic

#72631D #A38D2A #CDB33D #DAC66E #E6D99E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#CDB33D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.11

#CDB33D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDB33D

10.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDB33D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDB33D	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)

#C5AF2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB744

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDA59B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdb33d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 179, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.8% 0.136 96.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c979',
    500: '#cdb33d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdb33d;
$custom-light: #e0c979;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdb33d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.167,
    "s": 59.016,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76833,
    "c": 0.13639,
    "h": 96.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDB33D

secondary

#939FD2

accent

#62E246

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDB33D

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

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