#CDB553#CDB553

#CDB553 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.121 H 95.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDB553
RGB	rgb(205, 181, 83)
HSL	hsl(48, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(48, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 59.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.97, -3.17, 52.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.97, 52.13, 93.49°)
OKLab	oklab(77.45% -0.0119 0.1203)
OKLCH	oklch(77.45% 0.121 95.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.2638, 46.6534, 14.9081)
Luminance	0.4665 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDB553 #536BCD

analogous

#CD7853 #CDB553 #A8CD53

triadic

#CDB553 #53CDB5 #B553CD

tetradic

#CDB553 #53CD78 #536BCD #CD53A8

square

#CDB553 #53CD78 #536BCD #CD53A8

split-complementary

#CDB553 #53A8CD #7853CD

monochromatic

#806E25 #B09733 #CDB553 #DBC982 #E9DEB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#CDB553 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.33

#CDB553 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDB553

10.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDB553	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDB553	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)

#C6B149

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCB957

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCA99F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdb553;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 181, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.121 95.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfca87',
    500: '#cdb553',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdb553;
$custom-light: #dfca87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdb553",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.197,
    "s": 54.955,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77454,
    "c": 0.12091,
    "h": 95.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46651
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDB553

secondary

#A5AFD7

accent

#67DE4A

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#16130B

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDB553

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

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