#CDB342#CDB342

#CDB342 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.133 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDB342
RGB	rgb(205, 179, 66)
HSL	hsl(49, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(49, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 67.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.29, -3.20, 58.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.29, 58.88, 93.12°)
OKLab	oklab(76.87% -0.014 0.1322)
OKLCH	oklch(76.87% 0.133 96.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.2823, 45.6148, 11.7306)
Luminance	0.4561 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDB342 #425CCD

analogous

#CD6D42 #CDB342 #A1CD42

triadic

#CDB342 #42CDB3 #B342CD

tetradic

#CDB342 #42CD6D #425CCD #CD42A1

square

#CDB342 #42CD6D #425CCD #CD42A1

split-complementary

#CDB342 #42A1CD #6D42CD

monochromatic

#76651F #A68F2C #CDB342 #DAC672 #E7DAA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#CDB342 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.12

#CDB342 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDB342

10.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDB342	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDB342	1.00	2.07	10.12	10.12
#FFFFFF	2.07	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)

#C5AF33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB848

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDA69C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdb342;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 179, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.133 96.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c97c',
    500: '#cdb342',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdb342;
$custom-light: #e0c97c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdb342",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.777,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76874,
    "c": 0.13292,
    "h": 96.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45613
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDB342

secondary

#97A3D3

accent

#63E146

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDB342

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

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