#CDB44A#CDB44A

#CDB44A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.128 H 96.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDB44A
RGB	rgb(205, 180, 74)
HSL	hsl(49, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(49, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 63.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.62, -3.25, 55.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.62, 55.81, 93.34°)
OKLab	oklab(77.15% -0.0132 0.1269)
OKLCH	oklch(77.15% 0.128 96)
XYZ	xyz(42.7361, 46.1182, 13.1279)
Luminance	0.4612 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDB44A #4A63CD

analogous

#CD734A #CDB44A #A4CD4A

triadic

#CDB44A #4ACDB4 #B44ACD

tetradic

#CDB44A #4ACD73 #4A63CD #CD4AA4

square

#CDB44A #4ACD73 #4A63CD #CD4AA4

split-complementary

#CDB44A #4AA4CD #734ACD

monochromatic

#7B6A22 #AB932F #CDB44A #DAC87A #E7DCAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#CDB44A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.22

#CDB44A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDB44A

10.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDB44A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDB44A	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)

#C5B03E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB84F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCA79D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdb44a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 180, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.128 96.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfca81',
    500: '#cdb44a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdb44a;
$custom-light: #dfca81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdb44a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.55,
    "s": 56.71,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77154,
    "c": 0.12763,
    "h": 96
  },
  "luminance": 0.46116
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDB44A

secondary

#9EA8D5

accent

#65E048

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#16130B

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDB44A

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

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