#CDB461#CDB461

#CDB461 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.107 H 93.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDB461
RGB	rgb(205, 180, 97)
HSL	hsl(46, 52%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(46, 53%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.2%, 52.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.86, -1.55, 45.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.86, 45.23, 91.96°)
OKLab	oklab(77.42% -0.0056 0.1071)
OKLCH	oklch(77.42% 0.107 93)
XYZ	xyz(43.6574, 46.4867, 17.9802)
Luminance	0.4648 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDB461 #617ACD

analogous

#CD7E61 #CDB461 #B0CD61

triadic

#CDB461 #61CDB4 #B461CD

tetradic

#CDB461 #61CD7E #617ACD #CD61B0

square

#CDB461 #61CD7E #617ACD #CD61B0

split-complementary

#CDB461 #61B0CD #7E61CD

monochromatic

#88732B #B79A3A #CDB461 #DCCA8F #EAE0BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#CDB461 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.30

#CDB461 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDB461

10.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDB461	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDB461	1.00	2.04	10.30	10.30
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4B15A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CAB964

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBA9A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdb461;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 180, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.107 93.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deca90',
    500: '#cdb461',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdb461;
$custom-light: #deca90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdb461",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.111,
    "s": 51.923,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77419,
    "c": 0.1072,
    "h": 93
  },
  "luminance": 0.46485
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDB461

secondary

#B0BADA

accent

#6EDB4C

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130D

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDB461

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

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