#CDB44B#CDB44B

#CDB44B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.127 H 95.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDB44B
RGB	rgb(205, 180, 75)
HSL	hsl(48, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(48, 63%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 63.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.63, -3.19, 55.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.63, 55.38, 93.30°)
OKLab	oklab(77.16% -0.0129 0.1262)
OKLCH	oklch(77.16% 0.127 95.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.7700, 46.1317, 13.3067)
Luminance	0.4613 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDB44B #4B64CD

analogous

#CD734B #CDB44B #A5CD4B

triadic

#CDB44B #4BCDB4 #B44BCD

tetradic

#CDB44B #4BCD73 #4B64CD #CD4BA5

square

#CDB44B #4BCD73 #4B64CD #CD4BA5

split-complementary

#CDB44B #4BA5CD #734BCD

monochromatic

#7B6A22 #AB9330 #CDB44B #DAC87B #E8DCAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#CDB44B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.23

#CDB44B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDB44B

10.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDB44B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDB44B	1.00	2.05	10.23	10.23
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B03F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB850

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCA79E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdb44b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 180, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.127 95.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfca82',
    500: '#cdb44b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdb44b;
$custom-light: #dfca82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdb44b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.462,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77164,
    "c": 0.12683,
    "h": 95.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.4613
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDB44B

secondary

#9FA9D5

accent

#65E048

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#16130B

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDB44B

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

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