#CDB440#CDB440

#CDB440 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.135 H 96.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDB440
RGB	rgb(205, 180, 64)
HSL	hsl(49, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(49, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 68.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.54, -3.84, 59.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.54, 59.99, 93.67°)
OKLab	oklab(77.06% -0.0161 0.1341)
OKLCH	oklch(77.06% 0.135 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.4255, 45.9940, 11.4925)
Luminance	0.4599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDB440 #4059CD

analogous

#CD6E40 #CDB440 #9FCD40

triadic

#CDB440 #40CDB4 #B440CD

tetradic

#CDB440 #40CD6E #4059CD #CD409F

square

#CDB440 #40CD6E #4059CD #CD409F

split-complementary

#CDB440 #409FCD #6E40CD

monochromatic

#74651E #A58F2B #CDB440 #DAC771 #E6DAA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#CDB440 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.20

#CDB440 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDB440

10.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDB440	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDB440	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)

#C6B030

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB846

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDA79C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdb440;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 180, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.135 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0ca7b',
    500: '#cdb440',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdb440;
$custom-light: #e0ca7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdb440",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.362,
    "s": 58.506,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77064,
    "c": 0.13507,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.45992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDB440

secondary

#96A1D3

accent

#62E246

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDB440

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

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