#CDB53C#CDB53C

#CDB53C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.139 H 97.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDB53C
RGB	rgb(205, 181, 60)
HSL	hsl(50, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(50, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 70.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.78, -4.56, 61.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.78, 61.86, 94.23°)
OKLab	oklab(77.24% -0.0186 0.1373)
OKLCH	oklch(77.24% 0.139 97.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.5184, 46.3553, 10.9820)
Luminance	0.4635 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDB53C #3C54CD

analogous

#CD6D3C #CDB53C #9DCD3C

triadic

#CDB53C #3CCDB5 #B53CCD

tetradic

#CDB53C #3CCD6D #3C54CD #CD3C9D

square

#CDB53C #3CCD6D #3C54CD #CD3C9D

split-complementary

#CDB53C #3C9DCD #6D3CCD

monochromatic

#71641D #A28E2A #CDB53C #D9C76D #E6DA9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#CDB53C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.27

#CDB53C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDB53C

10.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDB53C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDB53C	1.00	2.04	10.27	10.27
#FFFFFF	2.04	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)

#C7B12A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB943

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDA79D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdb53c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 181, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.139 97.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0ca79',
    500: '#cdb53c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdb53c;
$custom-light: #e0ca79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdb53c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.069,
    "s": 59.184,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7724,
    "c": 0.13852,
    "h": 97.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46353
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDB53C

secondary

#939DD2

accent

#5FE245

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDB53C

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

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