#CDB449#CDB449

#CDB449 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 77.1% C 0.128 H 96.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDB449
RGB	rgb(205, 180, 73)
HSL	hsl(49, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(49, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 64.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.61, -3.32, 56.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.61, 56.24, 93.38°)
OKLab	oklab(77.14% -0.0135 0.1277)
OKLCH	oklch(77.14% 0.128 96.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.7026, 46.1048, 12.9519)
Luminance	0.4610 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDB449 #4962CD

analogous

#CD7249 #CDB449 #A4CD49

triadic

#CDB449 #49CDB4 #B449CD

tetradic

#CDB449 #49CD72 #4962CD #CD49A4

square

#CDB449 #49CD72 #4962CD #CD49A4

split-complementary

#CDB449 #49A4CD #7249CD

monochromatic

#7A6922 #AA932F #CDB449 #DAC879 #E7DCA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#CDB449 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.22

#CDB449 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDB449

10.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDB449	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDB449	1.00	2.05	10.22	10.22
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B03C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB84E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDA79D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdb449;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 180, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.1% 0.128 96.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfca80',
    500: '#cdb449',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdb449;
$custom-light: #dfca80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdb449",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.636,
    "s": 56.897,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77144,
    "c": 0.12842,
    "h": 96.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46103
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDB449

secondary

#9DA8D5

accent

#65E048

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#16130B

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDB449

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

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