#CDB62E#CDB62E

#CDB62E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.466; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.147 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDB62E
RGB	rgb(205, 182, 46)
HSL	hsl(51, 63%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(51, 78%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.2%, 77.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.96, -5.69, 66.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.96, 67.09, 94.87°)
OKLab	oklab(77.36% -0.0232 0.1456)
OKLCH	oklch(77.36% 0.147 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(42.4001, 46.6344, 9.3523)
Luminance	0.4663 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDB62E #2E45CD

analogous

#CD672E #CDB62E #95CD2E

triadic

#CDB62E #2ECDB6 #B62ECD

tetradic

#CDB62E #2ECD67 #2E45CD #CD2E95

square

#CDB62E #2ECD67 #2E45CD #CD2E95

split-complementary

#CDB62E #2E95CD #672ECD

monochromatic

#695D18 #9B8A23 #CDB62E #DBC95D #E6D98F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#CDB62E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.33

#CDB62E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDB62E

10.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDB62E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDB62E	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)

#C8B10D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFB938

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDA89C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdb62e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 182, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.147 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1cb72',
    500: '#cdb62e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdb62e;
$custom-light: #e1cb72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdb62e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.321,
    "s": 63.347,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77357,
    "c": 0.14743,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.46632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDB62E

secondary

#8691D0

accent

#59E641

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDB62E

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

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