#CDB349#CDB349

#CDB349 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.457; OKLCH L 76.9% C 0.128 H 95.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDB349
RGB	rgb(205, 179, 73)
HSL	hsl(48, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(48, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 64.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.35, -2.79, 55.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.35, 55.93, 92.86°)
OKLab	oklab(76.94% -0.012 0.1271)
OKLCH	oklch(76.94% 0.128 95.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.5015, 45.7025, 12.8848)
Luminance	0.4570 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDB349 #4963CD

analogous

#CD7149 #CDB349 #A5CD49

triadic

#CDB349 #49CDB3 #B349CD

tetradic

#CDB349 #49CD71 #4963CD #CD49A5

square

#CDB349 #49CD71 #4963CD #CD49A5

split-complementary

#CDB349 #49A5CD #7149CD

monochromatic

#7A6922 #AA922F #CDB349 #DAC779 #E7DBA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.07

#CDB349 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.14

#CDB349 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDB349

10.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDB349	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDB349	1.00	2.07	10.14	10.14
#FFFFFF	2.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4AF3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB84E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDA69C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdb349;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 179, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(76.9% 0.128 95.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0c980',
    500: '#cdb349',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdb349;
$custom-light: #e0c980;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdb349",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.182,
    "s": 56.897,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76937,
    "c": 0.12767,
    "h": 95.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.457
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDB349

secondary

#9DA8D5

accent

#66E048

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#16130B

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDB349

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

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