#CDB44E#CDB44E

#CDB44E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.124 H 95.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDB44E
RGB	rgb(205, 180, 78)
HSL	hsl(48, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(48, 62%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 62%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.66, -2.99, 53.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.66, 54.06, 93.17°)
OKLab	oklab(77.19% -0.012 0.1238)
OKLCH	oklch(77.19% 0.124 95.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.8751, 46.1738, 13.8603)
Luminance	0.4617 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDB44E #4E67CD

analogous

#CD744E #CDB44E #A6CD4E

triadic

#CDB44E #4ECDB4 #B44ECD

tetradic

#CDB44E #4ECD74 #4E67CD #CD4EA6

square

#CDB44E #4ECD74 #4E67CD #CD4EA6

split-complementary

#CDB44E #4EA6CD #744ECD

monochromatic

#7D6C23 #AD9531 #CDB44E #DAC87E #E8DCAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#CDB44E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.23

#CDB44E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDB44E

10.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDB44E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDB44E	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)

#C5B043

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB853

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCA79E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdb44e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 180, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.124 95.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfca84',
    500: '#cdb44e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdb44e;
$custom-light: #dfca84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdb44e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.189,
    "s": 55.947,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77194,
    "c": 0.12439,
    "h": 95.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDB44E

secondary

#A1ABD6

accent

#66DF49

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#16130B

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDB44E

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

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