#CDB541#CDB541

#CDB541 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.135 H 97.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDB541
RGB	rgb(205, 181, 65)
HSL	hsl(50, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(50, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 68.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.81, -4.30, 59.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.81, 59.89, 94.12°)
OKLab	oklab(77.28% -0.0173 0.134)
OKLCH	oklch(77.28% 0.135 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.6569, 46.4106, 11.7113)
Luminance	0.4641 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDB541 #4159CD

analogous

#CD6F41 #CDB541 #9FCD41

triadic

#CDB541 #41CDB5 #B541CD

tetradic

#CDB541 #41CD6F #4159CD #CD419F

square

#CDB541 #41CD6F #4159CD #CD419F

split-complementary

#CDB541 #419FCD #6F41CD

monochromatic

#75661F #A5902C #CDB541 #DAC871 #E6DBA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#CDB541 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.28

#CDB541 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDB541

10.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDB541	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDB541	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)

#C7B131

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB947

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDA89D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdb541;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 181, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.135 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0ca7c',
    500: '#cdb541',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdb541;
$custom-light: #e0ca7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdb541",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.714,
    "s": 58.333,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7728,
    "c": 0.13512,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46409
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDB541

secondary

#97A1D3

accent

#61E246

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDB541

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

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