#CDB439#CDB439

#CDB439 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.140 H 97.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDB439
RGB	rgb(205, 180, 57)
HSL	hsl(50, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(50, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 72.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.49, -4.19, 62.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.49, 62.70, 93.83°)
OKLab	oklab(77.01% -0.0178 0.1386)
OKLCH	oklch(77.01% 0.14 97.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.2387, 45.9192, 10.5086)
Luminance	0.4592 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDB439 #3952CD

analogous

#CD6A39 #CDB439 #9CCD39

triadic

#CDB439 #39CDB4 #B439CD

tetradic

#CDB439 #39CD6A #3952CD #CD399C

square

#CDB439 #39CD6A #3952CD #CD399C

split-complementary

#CDB439 #399CCD #6A39CD

monochromatic

#6F611C #A08C28 #CDB439 #D9C76A #E6D99B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#CDB439 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.18

#CDB439 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDB439

10.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDB439	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDB439	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)

#C6B025

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB840

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDA69C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B4B4B4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdb439;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 180, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.140 97.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0ca77',
    500: '#cdb439',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdb439;
$custom-light: #e0ca77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdb439",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.865,
    "s": 59.677,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7701,
    "c": 0.1397,
    "h": 97.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45917
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDB439

secondary

#909BD2

accent

#60E345

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDB439

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

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