#CDB356#CDB356

#CDB356 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.117 H 93.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDB356
RGB	rgb(205, 179, 86)
HSL	hsl(47, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(47, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.7%, 58%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.48, -1.90, 50.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.48, 50.11, 92.17°)
OKLab	oklab(77.08% -0.0079 0.1165)
OKLCH	oklch(77.08% 0.117 93.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.9784, 45.8933, 15.3968)
Luminance	0.4589 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDB356 #5670CD

analogous

#CD7856 #CDB356 #ABCD56

triadic

#CDB356 #56CDB3 #B356CD

tetradic

#CDB356 #56CD78 #5670CD #CD56AB

square

#CDB356 #56CD78 #5670CD #CD56AB

split-complementary

#CDB356 #56ABCD #7856CD

monochromatic

#826E26 #B19634 #CDB356 #DBC885 #E9DDB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#CDB356 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.18

#CDB356 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDB356

10.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDB356	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDB356	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)

#C3B04D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB85A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCA79E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdb356;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 179, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.117 93.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfc989',
    500: '#cdb356',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdb356;
$custom-light: #dfc989;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdb356",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 179,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.891,
    "s": 54.338,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77075,
    "c": 0.11674,
    "h": 93.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDB356

secondary

#A7B2D8

accent

#6ADE4A

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#16130C

muted

#84827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDB356

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

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