#CDB536#CDB536

#CDB536 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.142 H 98.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDB536
RGB	rgb(205, 181, 54)
HSL	hsl(50, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(50, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 73.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.74, -4.85, 63.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.74, 64.09, 94.34°)
OKLab	oklab(77.2% -0.02 0.1409)
OKLCH	oklch(77.2% 0.142 98.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.3687, 46.2954, 10.1935)
Luminance	0.4629 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDB536 #364ECD

analogous

#CD6A36 #CDB536 #99CD36

triadic

#CDB536 #36CDB5 #B536CD

tetradic

#CDB536 #36CD6A #364ECD #CD3699

square

#CDB536 #36CD6A #364ECD #CD3699

split-complementary

#CDB536 #3699CD #6A36CD

monochromatic

#6D601B #9E8B27 #CDB536 #D9C767 #E5D998

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#CDB536 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.26

#CDB536 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDB536

10.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDB536	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDB536	1.00	2.05	10.26	10.26
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B020

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB93E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDA79C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdb536;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 181, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.142 98.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0ca76',
    500: '#cdb536',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdb536;
$custom-light: #e0ca76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdb536",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.464,
    "s": 60.159,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77197,
    "c": 0.14227,
    "h": 98.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46293
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDB536

secondary

#8E99D1

accent

#5EE344

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDB536

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

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