#CDB636#CDB636

#CDB636 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.467; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.143 H 98.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDB636
RGB	rgb(205, 182, 54)
HSL	hsl(51, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(51, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.2%, 73.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.00, -5.37, 64.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.00, 64.38, 94.78°)
OKLab	oklab(77.41% -0.0215 0.1414)
OKLCH	oklch(77.41% 0.143 98.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.5727, 46.7035, 10.2616)
Luminance	0.4670 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDB636 #364DCD

analogous

#CD6A36 #CDB636 #98CD36

triadic

#CDB636 #36CDB6 #B636CD

tetradic

#CDB636 #36CD6A #364DCD #CD3698

square

#CDB636 #36CD6A #364DCD #CD3698

split-complementary

#CDB636 #3698CD #6A36CD

monochromatic

#6D611B #9E8C27 #CDB636 #D9C867 #E5DA98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#CDB636 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.34

#CDB636 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDB636

10.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDB636	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDB636	1.00	2.03	10.34	10.34
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B11F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEB93E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDA89D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdb636;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 182, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.143 98.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0cb76',
    500: '#cdb636',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdb636;
$custom-light: #e0cb76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdb636",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.861,
    "s": 60.159,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77406,
    "c": 0.14302,
    "h": 98.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.46701
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDB636

secondary

#8E98D1

accent

#5DE344

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDB636

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

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