#CDB43B#CDB43B

#CDB43B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.459; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.138 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDB43B
RGB	rgb(205, 180, 59)
HSL	hsl(50, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(50, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 71.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.51, -4.09, 61.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.51, 61.94, 93.79°)
OKLab	oklab(77.03% -0.0174 0.1373)
OKLCH	oklch(77.03% 0.138 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.2896, 45.9396, 10.7765)
Luminance	0.4594 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDB43B #3B54CD

analogous

#CD6B3B #CDB43B #9DCD3B

triadic

#CDB43B #3BCDB4 #B43BCD

tetradic

#CDB43B #3BCD6B #3B54CD #CD3B9D

square

#CDB43B #3BCD6B #3B54CD #CD3B9D

split-complementary

#CDB43B #3B9DCD #6B3BCD

monochromatic

#71621D #A28D29 #CDB43B #D9C76C #E6D99D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#CDB43B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.19

#CDB43B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDB43B

10.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDB43B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDB43B	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)

#C6B028

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB842

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDA69C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdb43b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 180, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.138 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0ca78',
    500: '#cdb43b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdb43b;
$custom-light: #e0ca78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdb43b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.726,
    "s": 59.35,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77025,
    "c": 0.13843,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.45937
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDB43B

secondary

#929DD2

accent

#60E345

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDB43B

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

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