#CDB54D#CDB54D

#CDB54D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.126 H 96.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDB54D
RGB	rgb(205, 181, 77)
HSL	hsl(49, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(49, 62%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 62.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.91, -3.58, 54.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.91, 54.82, 93.75°)
OKLab	oklab(77.39% -0.0138 0.1252)
OKLCH	oklch(77.39% 0.126 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.0421, 46.5648, 13.7405)
Luminance	0.4656 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDB54D #4D65CD

analogous

#CD754D #CDB54D #A5CD4D

triadic

#CDB54D #4DCDB5 #B54DCD

tetradic

#CDB54D #4DCD75 #4D65CD #CD4DA5

square

#CDB54D #4DCD75 #4D65CD #CD4DA5

split-complementary

#CDB54D #4DA5CD #754DCD

monochromatic

#7D6C23 #AC9530 #CDB54D #DAC97D #E8DDAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.04

#CDB54D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.31

#CDB54D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDB54D

10.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDB54D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDB54D	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)

#C6B141

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB952

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCA89F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdb54d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 181, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.126 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfca83',
    500: '#cdb54d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdb54d;
$custom-light: #dfca83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdb54d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.75,
    "s": 56.14,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77391,
    "c": 0.12597,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46563
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDB54D

secondary

#A0AAD6

accent

#65DF48

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#16130B

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDB54D

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

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