#CDB355#CDB355

#CDB355 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.118 H 94.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDB355
RGB	rgb(205, 179, 85)
HSL	hsl(47, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(47, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 58.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.47, -1.98, 50.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.47, 50.57, 92.24°)
OKLab	oklab(77.06% -0.0082 0.1173)
OKLCH	oklch(77.06% 0.118 94)
XYZ	xyz(42.9384, 45.8773, 15.1861)
Luminance	0.4587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDB355 #556FCD

analogous

#CD7755 #CDB355 #ABCD55

triadic

#CDB355 #55CDB3 #B355CD

tetradic

#CDB355 #55CD77 #556FCD #CD55AB

square

#CDB355 #55CD77 #556FCD #CD55AB

split-complementary

#CDB355 #55ABCD #7755CD

monochromatic

#826E26 #B19634 #CDB355 #DBC884 #E9DDB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#CDB355 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.18

#CDB355 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDB355

10.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDB355	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDB355	1.00	2.06	10.18	10.18
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3B04C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB859

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCA79E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdb355;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 179, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.118 94.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfc988',
    500: '#cdb355',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdb355;
$custom-light: #dfc988;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdb355",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77064,
    "c": 0.11763,
    "h": 94
  },
  "luminance": 0.45875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDB355

secondary

#A6B1D7

accent

#6ADE4A

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#16130C

muted

#84827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDB355

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

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