#CDB53D#CDB53D

#CDB53D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.138 H 97.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDB53D
RGB	rgb(205, 181, 61)
HSL	hsl(50, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(50, 70%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 70.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.78, -4.51, 61.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.78, 61.47, 94.21°)
OKLab	oklab(77.25% -0.0183 0.1366)
OKLCH	oklch(77.25% 0.138 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.5451, 46.3659, 11.1225)
Luminance	0.4636 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDB53D #3D55CD

analogous

#CD6D3D #CDB53D #9DCD3D

triadic

#CDB53D #3DCDB5 #B53DCD

tetradic

#CDB53D #3DCD6D #3D55CD #CD3D9D

square

#CDB53D #3DCD6D #3D55CD #CD3D9D

split-complementary

#CDB53D #3D9DCD #6D3DCD

monochromatic

#72641D #A38F2A #CDB53D #DAC86E #E6DA9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#CDB53D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.27

#CDB53D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDB53D

10.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDB53D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDB53D	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)

#C7B12B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB944

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDA89D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdb53d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 181, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.138 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0ca7a',
    500: '#cdb53d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdb53d;
$custom-light: #e0ca7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdb53d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 59.016,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77248,
    "c": 0.13787,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46364
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDB53D

secondary

#939ED2

accent

#60E246

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDB53D

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

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