#CDB442#CDB442

#CDB442 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.460; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.134 H 96.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDB442
RGB	rgb(205, 180, 66)
HSL	hsl(49, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(49, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 67.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.56, -3.73, 59.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.56, 59.18, 93.61°)
OKLab	oklab(77.08% -0.0155 0.1328)
OKLCH	oklch(77.08% 0.134 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.4835, 46.0171, 11.7977)
Luminance	0.4602 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDB442 #425BCD

analogous

#CD6F42 #CDB442 #A0CD42

triadic

#CDB442 #42CDB4 #B442CD

tetradic

#CDB442 #42CD6F #425BCD #CD42A0

square

#CDB442 #42CD6F #425BCD #CD42A0

split-complementary

#CDB442 #42A0CD #6F42CD

monochromatic

#76661F #A6902C #CDB442 #DAC772 #E7DAA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.06

#CDB442 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.20

#CDB442 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDB442

10.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDB442	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDB442	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)

#C6B033

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB848

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDA79D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdb442;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 180, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.134 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0ca7c',
    500: '#cdb442',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdb442;
$custom-light: #e0ca7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdb442",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.209,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77081,
    "c": 0.13367,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDB442

secondary

#97A2D3

accent

#62E146

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDB442

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

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