#CDB540#CDB540

#CDB540 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.136 H 97.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDB540
RGB	rgb(205, 181, 64)
HSL	hsl(50, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(50, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 68.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.80, -4.36, 60.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.80, 60.29, 94.15°)
OKLab	oklab(77.27% -0.0176 0.1347)
OKLCH	oklch(77.27% 0.136 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.6281, 46.3992, 11.5601)
Luminance	0.4640 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDB540 #4058CD

analogous

#CD6E40 #CDB540 #9FCD40

triadic

#CDB540 #40CDB5 #B540CD

tetradic

#CDB540 #40CD6E #4058CD #CD409F

square

#CDB540 #40CD6E #4058CD #CD409F

split-complementary

#CDB540 #409FCD #6E40CD

monochromatic

#74661E #A5902B #CDB540 #DAC871 #E6DBA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#CDB540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.28

#CDB540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDB540

10.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDB540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDB540	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)

#C7B130

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB947

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDA89D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdb540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 181, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.136 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0ca7b',
    500: '#cdb540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdb540;
$custom-light: #e0ca7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdb540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.787,
    "s": 58.506,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77272,
    "c": 0.13582,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46397
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDB540

secondary

#96A0D3

accent

#61E246

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDB540

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

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