#CDB54A#CDB54A

#CDB54A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.128 H 96.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDB54A
RGB	rgb(205, 181, 74)
HSL	hsl(49, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(49, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 63.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.88, -3.78, 56.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.88, 56.13, 93.86°)
OKLab	oklab(77.36% -0.0147 0.1275)
OKLCH	oklch(77.36% 0.128 96.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.9387, 46.5234, 13.1954)
Luminance	0.4652 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDB54A #4A62CD

analogous

#CD744A #CDB54A #A3CD4A

triadic

#CDB54A #4ACDB5 #B54ACD

tetradic

#CDB54A #4ACD74 #4A62CD #CD4AA3

square

#CDB54A #4ACD74 #4A62CD #CD4AA3

split-complementary

#CDB54A #4AA3CD #744ACD

monochromatic

#7B6A22 #AB942F #CDB54A #DAC97A #E7DCAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#CDB54A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.30

#CDB54A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDB54A

10.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDB54A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDB54A	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)

#C6B13E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB94F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCA89E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdb54a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 181, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.128 96.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfca81',
    500: '#cdb54a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdb54a;
$custom-light: #dfca81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdb54a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.008,
    "s": 56.71,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77361,
    "c": 0.12839,
    "h": 96.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.46521
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDB54A

secondary

#9EA8D5

accent

#64E048

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#16130B

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDB54A

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

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