#CDB340#CDB340

#CDB340 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.134 H 96.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDB340
RGB	rgb(205, 179, 64)
HSL	hsl(49, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(49, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 68.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.28, -3.31, 59.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.28, 59.69, 93.18°)
OKLab	oklab(76.86% -0.0146 0.1336)
OKLCH	oklch(76.86% 0.134 96.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.2244, 45.5917, 11.4255)
Luminance	0.4559 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDB340 #405ACD

analogous

#CD6C40 #CDB340 #A1CD40

triadic

#CDB340 #40CDB3 #B340CD

tetradic

#CDB340 #40CD6C #405ACD #CD40A1

square

#CDB340 #40CD6C #405ACD #CD40A1

split-complementary

#CDB340 #40A1CD #6C40CD

monochromatic

#74641E #A58E2B #CDB340 #DAC671 #E6DAA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.08

#CDB340 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.12

#CDB340 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDB340

10.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDB340	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDB340	1.00	2.08	10.12	10.12
#FFFFFF	2.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5AF30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB846

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDA69C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdb340;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 179, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.134 96.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c97b',
    500: '#cdb340',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdb340;
$custom-light: #e0c97b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdb340",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.936,
    "s": 58.506,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76857,
    "c": 0.13434,
    "h": 96.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4559
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDB340

secondary

#96A1D3

accent

#63E246

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDB340

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

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