#CDB545#CDB545

#CDB545 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.132 H 97.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDB545
RGB	rgb(205, 181, 69)
HSL	hsl(49, 58%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(49, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 66.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.84, -4.08, 58.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.84, 58.25, 94.02°)
OKLab	oklab(77.32% -0.0162 0.1312)
OKLCH	oklch(77.32% 0.132 97)
XYZ	xyz(42.7769, 46.4586, 12.3433)
Luminance	0.4646 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDB545 #455DCD

analogous

#CD7145 #CDB545 #A1CD45

triadic

#CDB545 #45CDB5 #B545CD

tetradic

#CDB545 #45CD71 #455DCD #CD45A1

square

#CDB545 #45CD71 #455DCD #CD45A1

split-complementary

#CDB545 #45A1CD #7145CD

monochromatic

#776820 #A8922D #CDB545 #DAC875 #E7DBA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#CDB545 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.29

#CDB545 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDB545

10.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDB545	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDB545	1.00	2.04	10.29	10.29
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B137

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB94B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDA89E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdb545;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 181, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.132 97.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0ca7e',
    500: '#cdb545',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdb545;
$custom-light: #e0ca7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdb545",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.412,
    "s": 57.627,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77315,
    "c": 0.13222,
    "h": 97
  },
  "luminance": 0.46457
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDB545

secondary

#9AA4D4

accent

#62E147

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDB545

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

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