#CDB43D#CDB43D

#CDB43D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.137 H 97.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDB43D
RGB	rgb(205, 180, 61)
HSL	hsl(50, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(50, 70%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 70.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.52, -3.99, 61.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.52, 61.17, 93.74°)
OKLab	oklab(77.04% -0.0168 0.1361)
OKLCH	oklch(77.04% 0.137 97.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.3425, 45.9607, 11.0550)
Luminance	0.4596 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDB43D #3D56CD

analogous

#CD6C3D #CDB43D #9ECD3D

triadic

#CDB43D #3DCDB4 #B43DCD

tetradic

#CDB43D #3DCD6C #3D56CD #CD3D9E

square

#CDB43D #3DCD6C #3D56CD #CD3D9E

split-complementary

#CDB43D #3D9ECD #6C3DCD

monochromatic

#72631D #A38E2A #CDB43D #DAC76E #E6DA9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#CDB43D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.19

#CDB43D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDB43D

10.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDB43D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDB43D	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)

#C6B02C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB844

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDA69C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdb43d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 180, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.137 97.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0ca79',
    500: '#cdb43d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdb43d;
$custom-light: #e0ca79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdb43d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.583,
    "s": 59.016,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7704,
    "c": 0.13712,
    "h": 97.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.45959
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDB43D

secondary

#939ED2

accent

#61E246

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDB43D

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

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