#CDB55E#CDB55E

#CDB55E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.111 H 94.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDB55E
RGB	rgb(205, 181, 94)
HSL	hsl(47, 53%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(47, 54%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 54.1%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.09, -2.32, 46.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.09, 47.00, 92.83°)
OKLab	oklab(77.59% -0.0082 0.1106)
OKLCH	oklch(77.59% 0.111 94.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.7227, 46.8370, 17.3249)
Luminance	0.4683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDB55E #5E76CD

analogous

#CD7D5E #CDB55E #ADCD5E

triadic

#CDB55E #5ECDB5 #B55ECD

tetradic

#CDB55E #5ECD7D #5E76CD #CD5EAD

square

#CDB55E #5ECD7D #5E76CD #CD5EAD

split-complementary

#CDB55E #5EADCD #7D5ECD

monochromatic

#87732A #B59A38 #CDB55E #DCCA8D #EAE0BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#CDB55E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.37

#CDB55E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDB55E

10.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDB55E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDB55E	1.00	2.03	10.37	10.37
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5B256

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB962

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBA9A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdb55e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 181, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.111 94.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfca8e',
    500: '#cdb55e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdb55e;
$custom-light: #dfca8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdb55e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.027,
    "s": 52.607,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77585,
    "c": 0.11086,
    "h": 94.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46835
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDB55E

secondary

#ADB7D9

accent

#6BDC4C

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDB55E

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

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