#CDB43A#CDB43A

#CDB43A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.139 H 97.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDB43A
RGB	rgb(205, 180, 58)
HSL	hsl(50, 60%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(50, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 71.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.50, -4.14, 62.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.50, 62.32, 93.81°)
OKLab	oklab(77.02% -0.0176 0.138)
OKLCH	oklch(77.02% 0.139 97.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.2639, 45.9293, 10.6413)
Luminance	0.4593 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDB43A #3A53CD

analogous

#CD6B3A #CDB43A #9DCD3A

triadic

#CDB43A #3ACDB4 #B43ACD

tetradic

#CDB43A #3ACD6B #3A53CD #CD3A9D

square

#CDB43A #3ACD6B #3A53CD #CD3A9D

split-complementary

#CDB43A #3A9DCD #6B3ACD

monochromatic

#70621C #A18D29 #CDB43A #D9C76B #E6D99C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#CDB43A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.19

#CDB43A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDB43A

10.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDB43A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDB43A	1.00	2.06	10.19	10.19
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B027

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB841

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDA69C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdb43a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 180, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.139 97.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0ca78',
    500: '#cdb43a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdb43a;
$custom-light: #e0ca78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdb43a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.796,
    "s": 59.514,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77018,
    "c": 0.13908,
    "h": 97.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.45927
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDB43A

secondary

#919CD2

accent

#60E345

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDB43A

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

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