#CDB43E#CDB43E

#CDB43E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 77.0% C 0.136 H 97.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDB43E
RGB	rgb(205, 180, 62)
HSL	hsl(50, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(50, 70%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 69.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.53, -3.94, 60.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.53, 60.78, 93.72°)
OKLab	oklab(77.05% -0.0166 0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(77.05% 0.136 97)
XYZ	xyz(42.3696, 45.9716, 11.1982)
Luminance	0.4597 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDB43E #3E57CD

analogous

#CD6C3E #CDB43E #9FCD3E

triadic

#CDB43E #3ECDB4 #B43ECD

tetradic

#CDB43E #3ECD6C #3E57CD #CD3E9F

square

#CDB43E #3ECD6C #3E57CD #CD3E9F

split-complementary

#CDB43E #3E9FCD #6C3ECD

monochromatic

#73641E #A38E2A #CDB43E #DAC76F #E6DA9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#CDB43E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.19

#CDB43E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDB43E

10.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDB43E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDB43E	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)

#C6B02D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB845

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDA79C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdb43e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 180, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.0% 0.136 97.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0ca7a',
    500: '#cdb43e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdb43e;
$custom-light: #e0ca7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdb43e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.51,
    "s": 58.848,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77048,
    "c": 0.13644,
    "h": 97
  },
  "luminance": 0.45969
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDB43E

secondary

#949FD3

accent

#61E246

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDB43E

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

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