#CDB54B#CDB54B

#CDB54B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.465; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.128 H 96.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDB54B
RGB	rgb(205, 181, 75)
HSL	hsl(49, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(49, 63%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 63.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.89, -3.71, 55.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.89, 55.69, 93.82°)
OKLab	oklab(77.37% -0.0144 0.1268)
OKLCH	oklch(77.37% 0.128 96.5)
XYZ	xyz(42.9726, 46.5369, 13.3743)
Luminance	0.4653 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDB54B #4B63CD

analogous

#CD744B #CDB54B #A4CD4B

triadic

#CDB54B #4BCDB5 #B54BCD

tetradic

#CDB54B #4BCD74 #4B63CD #CD4BA4

square

#CDB54B #4BCD74 #4B63CD #CD4BA4

split-complementary

#CDB54B #4BA4CD #744BCD

monochromatic

#7B6B22 #AB9430 #CDB54B #DAC97B #E8DCAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#CDB54B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.31

#CDB54B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDB54B

10.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDB54B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDB54B	1.00	2.04	10.31	10.31
#FFFFFF	2.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B13F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB950

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCA89E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdb54b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 181, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.128 96.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfca82',
    500: '#cdb54b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdb54b;
$custom-light: #dfca82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdb54b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.923,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77371,
    "c": 0.12759,
    "h": 96.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.46535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDB54B

secondary

#9FA9D5

accent

#64E048

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#16130B

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDB54B

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

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