#CDB552#CDB552

#CDB552 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.122 H 95.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDB552
RGB	rgb(205, 181, 82)
HSL	hsl(48, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(48, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 60%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.96, -3.24, 52.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.96, 52.58, 93.53°)
OKLab	oklab(77.44% -0.0122 0.1212)
OKLCH	oklch(77.44% 0.122 95.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.2255, 46.6381, 14.7062)
Luminance	0.4664 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDB552 #526ACD

analogous

#CD7852 #CDB552 #A8CD52

triadic

#CDB552 #52CDB5 #B552CD

tetradic

#CDB552 #52CD78 #526ACD #CD52A8

square

#CDB552 #52CD78 #526ACD #CD52A8

split-complementary

#CDB552 #52A8CD #7852CD

monochromatic

#806E25 #AF9733 #CDB552 #DBC981 #E8DEB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#CDB552 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.33

#CDB552 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDB552

10.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDB552	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDB552	1.00	2.03	10.33	10.33
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B148

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB957

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCA99F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdb552;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 181, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.122 95.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfca86',
    500: '#cdb552',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdb552;
$custom-light: #dfca86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdb552",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.293,
    "s": 55.157,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77443,
    "c": 0.12178,
    "h": 95.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46636
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDB552

secondary

#A4AED7

accent

#66DE49

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#16130B

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDB552

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

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