#CDB549#CDB549

#CDB549 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.129 H 96.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDB549
RGB	rgb(205, 181, 73)
HSL	hsl(49, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(49, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 64.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.88, -3.84, 56.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.88, 56.56, 93.89°)
OKLab	oklab(77.35% -0.015 0.1283)
OKLCH	oklch(77.35% 0.129 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.9052, 46.5100, 13.0194)
Luminance	0.4651 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDB549 #4961CD

analogous

#CD7349 #CDB549 #A3CD49

triadic

#CDB549 #49CDB5 #B549CD

tetradic

#CDB549 #49CD73 #4961CD #CD49A3

square

#CDB549 #49CD73 #4961CD #CD49A3

split-complementary

#CDB549 #49A3CD #7349CD

monochromatic

#7A6A22 #AA942F #CDB549 #DAC979 #E7DCA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#CDB549 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.30

#CDB549 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDB549

10.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDB549	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDB549	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)

#C6B13C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB94E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCA89E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdb549;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 181, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.129 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfca81',
    500: '#cdb549',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdb549;
$custom-light: #dfca81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdb549",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.091,
    "s": 56.897,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77351,
    "c": 0.12917,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46508
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDB549

secondary

#9DA7D5

accent

#63E048

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#16130B

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDB549

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

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