#CDB44C#CDB44C

#CDB44C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.461; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.126 H 95.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDB44C
RGB	rgb(205, 180, 76)
HSL	hsl(48, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(48, 63%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 62.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.64, -3.12, 54.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.64, 54.94, 93.26°)
OKLab	oklab(77.17% -0.0126 0.1254)
OKLCH	oklch(77.17% 0.126 95.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.8045, 46.1455, 13.4884)
Luminance	0.4614 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDB44C #4C65CD

analogous

#CD734C #CDB44C #A6CD4C

triadic

#CDB44C #4CCDB4 #B44CCD

tetradic

#CDB44C #4CCD73 #4C65CD #CD4CA6

square

#CDB44C #4CCD73 #4C65CD #CD4CA6

split-complementary

#CDB44C #4CA6CD #734CCD

monochromatic

#7C6B23 #AC9430 #CDB44C #DAC87C #E8DCAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#CDB44C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.23

#CDB44C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDB44C

10.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDB44C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDB44C	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)

#C5B040

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB851

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCA79E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdb44c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 180, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.126 95.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfca82',
    500: '#cdb44c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdb44c;
$custom-light: #dfca82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdb44c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.372,
    "s": 56.332,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77174,
    "c": 0.12602,
    "h": 95.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46143
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDB44C

secondary

#9FAAD5

accent

#66E048

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#16130B

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDB44C

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

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