#CDB548#CDB548

#CDB548 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 77.3% C 0.130 H 96.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDB548
RGB	rgb(205, 181, 72)
HSL	hsl(49, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(49, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 64.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.87, -3.90, 56.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.87, 56.98, 93.92°)
OKLab	oklab(77.34% -0.0153 0.129)
OKLCH	oklch(77.34% 0.13 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.8723, 46.4968, 12.8462)
Luminance	0.4649 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDB548 #4860CD

analogous

#CD7348 #CDB548 #A3CD48

triadic

#CDB548 #48CDB5 #B548CD

tetradic

#CDB548 #48CD73 #4860CD #CD48A3

square

#CDB548 #48CD73 #4860CD #CD48A3

split-complementary

#CDB548 #48A3CD #7348CD

monochromatic

#796A21 #A9932E #CDB548 #DAC878 #E7DCA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#CDB548 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.30

#CDB548 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDB548

10.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDB548	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDB548	1.00	2.04	10.30	10.30
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B13B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDB94E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDA89E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdb548;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 181, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.3% 0.130 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0ca80',
    500: '#cdb548',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdb548;
$custom-light: #e0ca80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdb548",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.173,
    "s": 57.082,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77342,
    "c": 0.12995,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46495
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDB548

secondary

#9CA6D5

accent

#63E047

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDB548

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

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