#CDB550#CDB550

#CDB550 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.123 H 96.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDB550
RGB	rgb(205, 181, 80)
HSL	hsl(48, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(48, 61%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 61%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.94, -3.38, 53.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.94, 53.49, 93.62°)
OKLab	oklab(77.42% -0.0129 0.1228)
OKLCH	oklch(77.42% 0.123 96)
XYZ	xyz(43.1505, 46.6081, 14.3112)
Luminance	0.4661 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDB550 #5068CD

analogous

#CD7650 #CDB550 #A6CD50

triadic

#CDB550 #50CDB5 #B550CD

tetradic

#CDB550 #50CD76 #5068CD #CD50A6

square

#CDB550 #50CD76 #5068CD #CD50A6

split-complementary

#CDB550 #50A6CD #7650CD

monochromatic

#7E6D24 #AE9632 #CDB550 #DBC980 #E8DDAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#CDB550 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.32

#CDB550 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDB550

10.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDB550	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDB550	1.00	2.03	10.32	10.32
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B145

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB955

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCA89F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdb550;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 181, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.123 96.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfca85',
    500: '#cdb550',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdb550;
$custom-light: #dfca85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdb550",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.48,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77422,
    "c": 0.12348,
    "h": 96
  },
  "luminance": 0.46606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDB550

secondary

#A2ACD6

accent

#66DF49

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#16130B

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDB550

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

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