#CDB542#CDB542

#CDB542 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.464; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.134 H 97.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDB542
RGB	rgb(205, 181, 66)
HSL	hsl(50, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(50, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 67.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.82, -4.25, 59.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.82, 59.48, 94.10°)
OKLab	oklab(77.29% -0.017 0.1333)
OKLCH	oklch(77.29% 0.134 97.3)
XYZ	xyz(42.6861, 46.4223, 11.8652)
Luminance	0.4642 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDB542 #425ACD

analogous

#CD6F42 #CDB542 #A0CD42

triadic

#CDB542 #42CDB5 #B542CD

tetradic

#CDB542 #42CD6F #425ACD #CD42A0

square

#CDB542 #42CD6F #425ACD #CD42A0

split-complementary

#CDB542 #42A0CD #6F42CD

monochromatic

#76671F #A6912C #CDB542 #DAC872 #E7DBA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#CDB542 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.28

#CDB542 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDB542

10.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDB542	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDB542	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)

#C7B133

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB948

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDA89D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdb542;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 181, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.134 97.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0ca7c',
    500: '#cdb542',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdb542;
$custom-light: #e0ca7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdb542",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.64,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77289,
    "c": 0.13441,
    "h": 97.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.4642
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDB542

secondary

#97A2D3

accent

#61E146

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDB542

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

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