#CDB559#CDB559

#CDB559 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.116 H 94.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDB559
RGB	rgb(205, 181, 89)
HSL	hsl(48, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(48, 57%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 56.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.03, -2.72, 49.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.03, 49.36, 93.16°)
OKLab	oklab(77.52% -0.0099 0.1151)
OKLCH	oklch(77.52% 0.116 94.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.5056, 46.7501, 16.1813)
Luminance	0.4675 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDB559 #5971CD

analogous

#CD7B59 #CDB559 #ABCD59

triadic

#CDB559 #59CDB5 #B559CD

tetradic

#CDB559 #59CD7B #5971CD #CD59AB

square

#CDB559 #59CD7B #5971CD #CD59AB

split-complementary

#CDB559 #59ABCD #7B59CD

monochromatic

#847128 #B39936 #CDB559 #DBCA88 #E9DFB7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#CDB559 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.35

#CDB559 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDB559

10.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDB559	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDB559	1.00	2.03	10.35	10.35
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B250

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB95D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCA9A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdb559;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 181, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.116 94.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfca8b',
    500: '#cdb559',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdb559;
$custom-light: #dfca8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdb559",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.586,
    "s": 53.704,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77523,
    "c": 0.11555,
    "h": 94.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDB559

secondary

#AAB3D8

accent

#69DD4B

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#16130C

muted

#84827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDB559

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

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