#CDB44F#CDB44F

#CDB44F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.124 H 95.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDB44F
RGB	rgb(205, 180, 79)
HSL	hsl(48, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(48, 61%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 61.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.67, -2.93, 53.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.67, 53.61, 93.13°)
OKLab	oklab(77.2% -0.0117 0.123)
OKLCH	oklch(77.2% 0.124 95.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.9112, 46.1882, 14.0506)
Luminance	0.4619 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDB44F #4F68CD

analogous

#CD754F #CDB44F #A7CD4F

triadic

#CDB44F #4FCDB4 #B44FCD

tetradic

#CDB44F #4FCD75 #4F68CD #CD4FA7

square

#CDB44F #4FCD75 #4F68CD #CD4FA7

split-complementary

#CDB44F #4FA7CD #754FCD

monochromatic

#7E6C24 #AE9531 #CDB44F #DBC87F #E8DDAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#CDB44F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.24

#CDB44F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDB44F

10.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDB44F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDB44F	1.00	2.05	10.24	10.24
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B044

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB854

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCA79E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdb44f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 180, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.124 95.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfca84',
    500: '#cdb44f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdb44f;
$custom-light: #dfca84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdb44f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.095,
    "s": 55.752,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77204,
    "c": 0.12356,
    "h": 95.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46186
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDB44F

secondary

#A2ACD6

accent

#67DF49

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#16130B

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDB44F

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

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