#CDB561#CDB561

#CDB561 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.108 H 93.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDB561
RGB	rgb(205, 181, 97)
HSL	hsl(47, 52%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(47, 53%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.7%, 52.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.12, -2.07, 45.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.12, 45.56, 92.61°)
OKLab	oklab(77.62% -0.0071 0.1077)
OKLCH	oklch(77.62% 0.108 93.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.8600, 46.8919, 18.0477)
Luminance	0.4689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDB561 #6179CD

analogous

#CD7F61 #CDB561 #AFCD61

triadic

#CDB561 #61CDB5 #B561CD

tetradic

#CDB561 #61CD7F #6179CD #CD61AF

square

#CDB561 #61CD7F #6179CD #CD61AF

split-complementary

#CDB561 #61AFCD #7F61CD

monochromatic

#88742B #B79B3A #CDB561 #DCCB8F #EAE1BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#CDB561 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.38

#CDB561 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDB561

10.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDB561	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDB561	1.00	2.02	10.38	10.38
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4B25A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CBB964

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBAAA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdb561;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 181, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.108 93.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#deca90',
    500: '#cdb561',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdb561;
$custom-light: #deca90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdb561",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.667,
    "s": 51.923,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77624,
    "c": 0.10797,
    "h": 93.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDB561

secondary

#B0B9DA

accent

#6CDB4C

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130D

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDB561

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

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