#CDB44D#CDB44D

#CDB44D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.125 H 95.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDB44D
RGB	rgb(205, 180, 77)
HSL	hsl(48, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(48, 62%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 62.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.65, -3.06, 54.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.65, 54.50, 93.22°)
OKLab	oklab(77.18% -0.0123 0.1246)
OKLCH	oklch(77.18% 0.125 95.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.8395, 46.1596, 13.6729)
Luminance	0.4616 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDB44D #4D66CD

analogous

#CD744D #CDB44D #A6CD4D

triadic

#CDB44D #4DCDB4 #B44DCD

tetradic

#CDB44D #4DCD74 #4D66CD #CD4DA6

square

#CDB44D #4DCD74 #4D66CD #CD4DA6

split-complementary

#CDB44D #4DA6CD #744DCD

monochromatic

#7D6B23 #AC9430 #CDB44D #DAC87D #E8DCAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#CDB44D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.23

#CDB44D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDB44D

10.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDB44D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDB44D	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)

#C5B042

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB852

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCA79E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdb44d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 180, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.125 95.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfca83',
    500: '#cdb44d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdb44d;
$custom-light: #dfca83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdb44d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.281,
    "s": 56.14,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77184,
    "c": 0.12521,
    "h": 95.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46157
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDB44D

secondary

#A0ABD6

accent

#66DF48

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#16130B

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDB44D

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

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