#CDB53F#CDB53F

#CDB53F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.137 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDB53F
RGB	rgb(205, 181, 63)
HSL	hsl(50, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(50, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 69.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.80, -4.41, 60.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.80, 60.69, 94.17°)
OKLab	oklab(77.26% -0.0178 0.1353)
OKLCH	oklch(77.26% 0.137 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.5999, 46.3879, 11.4115)
Luminance	0.4639 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDB53F #3F57CD

analogous

#CD6E3F #CDB53F #9ECD3F

triadic

#CDB53F #3FCDB5 #B53FCD

tetradic

#CDB53F #3FCD6E #3F57CD #CD3F9E

square

#CDB53F #3FCD6E #3F57CD #CD3F9E

split-complementary

#CDB53F #3F9ECD #6E3FCD

monochromatic

#74651E #A4902B #CDB53F #DAC870 #E6DAA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#CDB53F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.28

#CDB53F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDB53F

10.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDB53F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDB53F	1.00	2.04	10.28	10.28
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B12E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB946

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDA89D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdb53f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 181, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.137 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0ca7b',
    500: '#cdb53f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdb53f;
$custom-light: #e0ca7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdb53f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.859,
    "s": 58.678,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77264,
    "c": 0.13651,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46386
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDB53F

secondary

#959FD3

accent

#60E246

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDB53F

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

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