#CDB436#CDB436

#CDB436 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.142 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDB436
RGB	rgb(205, 180, 54)
HSL	hsl(50, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(50, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 73.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.47, -4.33, 63.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.47, 63.80, 93.89°)
OKLab	oklab(76.99% -0.0185 0.1403)
OKLCH	oklch(76.99% 0.142 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.1661, 45.8902, 10.1260)
Luminance	0.4589 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDB436 #364FCD

analogous

#CD6836 #CDB436 #9ACD36

triadic

#CDB436 #36CDB4 #B436CD

tetradic

#CDB436 #36CD68 #364FCD #CD369A

square

#CDB436 #36CD68 #364FCD #CD369A

split-complementary

#CDB436 #369ACD #6836CD

monochromatic

#6D601B #9E8B27 #CDB436 #D9C667 #E5D998

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#CDB436 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.18

#CDB436 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDB436

10.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDB436	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDB436	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)

#C6B020

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB83E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDA69B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdb436;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 180, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.142 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0ca76',
    500: '#cdb436',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdb436;
$custom-light: #e0ca76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdb436",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.066,
    "s": 60.159,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.76989,
    "c": 0.14154,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.45888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDB436

secondary

#8E99D1

accent

#5FE344

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDB436

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

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