#CDB43F#CDB43F

#CDB43F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.136 H 96.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDB43F
RGB	rgb(205, 180, 63)
HSL	hsl(49, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(49, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 69.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.53, -3.89, 60.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.53, 60.39, 93.69°)
OKLab	oklab(77.06% -0.0163 0.1348)
OKLCH	oklch(77.06% 0.136 96.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.3973, 45.9827, 11.3440)
Luminance	0.4598 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDB43F #3F58CD

analogous

#CD6D3F #CDB43F #9FCD3F

triadic

#CDB43F #3FCDB4 #B43FCD

tetradic

#CDB43F #3FCD6D #3F58CD #CD3F9F

square

#CDB43F #3FCD6D #3F58CD #CD3F9F

split-complementary

#CDB43F #3F9FCD #6D3FCD

monochromatic

#74641E #A48F2B #CDB43F #DAC770 #E6DAA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#CDB43F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.20

#CDB43F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDB43F

10.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDB43F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDB43F	1.00	2.06	10.20	10.20
#FFFFFF	2.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B02F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB846

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDA79C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdb43f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 180, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.136 96.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0ca7b',
    500: '#cdb43f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdb43f;
$custom-light: #e0ca7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdb43f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.437,
    "s": 58.678,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77056,
    "c": 0.13577,
    "h": 96.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.45981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDB43F

secondary

#95A0D3

accent

#61E246

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDB43F

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

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