#CDB345#CDB345

#CDB345 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.456; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.131 H 95.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDB345
RGB	rgb(205, 179, 69)
HSL	hsl(49, 58%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(49, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 66.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.32, -3.03, 57.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.32, 57.64, 93.02°)
OKLab	oklab(76.9% -0.0132 0.1301)
OKLCH	oklch(76.9% 0.131 95.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.3731, 45.6512, 12.2087)
Luminance	0.4565 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDB345 #455FCD

analogous

#CD6F45 #CDB345 #A3CD45

triadic

#CDB345 #45CDB3 #B345CD

tetradic

#CDB345 #45CD6F #455FCD #CD45A3

square

#CDB345 #45CD6F #455FCD #CD45A3

split-complementary

#CDB345 #45A3CD #6F45CD

monochromatic

#776720 #A8902D #CDB345 #DAC775 #E7DAA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#CDB345 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.13

#CDB345 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDB345

10.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDB345	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDB345	1.00	2.07	10.13	10.13
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5AF37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB84B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDA69C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdb345;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 179, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.131 95.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c97e',
    500: '#cdb345',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdb345;
$custom-light: #e0c97e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdb345",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.529,
    "s": 57.627,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.769,
    "c": 0.13073,
    "h": 95.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.45649
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDB345

secondary

#9AA5D4

accent

#64E147

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDB345

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

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