#CDB53A#CDB53A

#CDB53A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.463; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.140 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDB53A
RGB	rgb(205, 181, 58)
HSL	hsl(50, 60%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(50, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 71.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.76, -4.66, 62.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.76, 62.62, 94.27°)
OKLab	oklab(77.23% -0.0191 0.1385)
OKLCH	oklch(77.23% 0.14 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.4665, 46.3345, 10.7088)
Luminance	0.4633 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDB53A #3A52CD

analogous

#CD6C3A #CDB53A #9CCD3A

triadic

#CDB53A #3ACDB5 #B53ACD

tetradic

#CDB53A #3ACD6C #3A52CD #CD3A9C

square

#CDB53A #3ACD6C #3A52CD #CD3A9C

split-complementary

#CDB53A #3A9CCD #6C3ACD

monochromatic

#70621C #A18D29 #CDB53A #D9C76B #E6DA9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#CDB53A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.27

#CDB53A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDB53A

10.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDB53A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDB53A	1.00	2.05	10.27	10.27
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B127

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB941

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDA79D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdb53a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 181, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.140 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0ca78',
    500: '#cdb53a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdb53a;
$custom-light: #e0ca78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdb53a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.204,
    "s": 59.514,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77226,
    "c": 0.13981,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46332
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDB53A

secondary

#919CD2

accent

#5FE345

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDB53A

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

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