#CDB433#CDB433

#CDB433 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.143 H 97.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDB433
RGB	rgb(205, 180, 51)
HSL	hsl(50, 61%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(50, 75%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 75.1%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.46, -4.45, 64.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.46, 64.86, 93.94°)
OKLab	oklab(76.97% -0.0192 0.142)
OKLCH	oklch(76.97% 0.143 97.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.0978, 45.8629, 9.7663)
Luminance	0.4586 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDB433 #334CCD

analogous

#CD6733 #CDB433 #99CD33

triadic

#CDB433 #33CDB4 #B433CD

tetradic

#CDB433 #33CD67 #334CCD #CD3399

square

#CDB433 #33CD67 #334CCD #CD3399

split-complementary

#CDB433 #3399CD #6733CD

monochromatic

#6B5E1A #9C8926 #CDB433 #D9C664 #E5D895

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#CDB433 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.17

#CDB433 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDB433

10.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDB433	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDB433	1.00	2.06	10.17	10.17
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B01A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB83B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDA69B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdb433;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 180, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.143 97.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0ca74',
    500: '#cdb433',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdb433;
$custom-light: #e0ca74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdb433",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.26,
    "s": 60.63,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7697,
    "c": 0.14328,
    "h": 97.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.45861
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDB433

secondary

#8B97D0

accent

#5EE444

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDB433

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

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