#CDB63B#CDB63B

#CDB63B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 77.4% C 0.140 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDB63B
RGB	rgb(205, 182, 59)
HSL	hsl(51, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(51, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.2%, 71.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.03, -5.14, 62.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.03, 62.54, 94.71°)
OKLab	oklab(77.44% -0.0203 0.1384)
OKLCH	oklch(77.44% 0.14 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.6963, 46.7529, 10.9121)
Luminance	0.4675 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDB63B #3B52CD

analogous

#CD6D3B #CDB63B #9BCD3B

triadic

#CDB63B #3BCDB6 #B63BCD

tetradic

#CDB63B #3BCD6D #3B52CD #CD3B9B

square

#CDB63B #3BCD6D #3B52CD #CD3B9B

split-complementary

#CDB63B #3B9BCD #6D3BCD

monochromatic

#71641D #A28F29 #CDB63B #D9C86C #E6DA9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#CDB63B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.35

#CDB63B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDB63B

10.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDB63B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDB63B	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)

#C8B128

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEB942

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDA89E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdb63b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 182, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.4% 0.140 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0cb79',
    500: '#cdb63b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdb63b;
$custom-light: #e0cb79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdb63b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.548,
    "s": 59.35,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77441,
    "c": 0.13992,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.46751
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDB63B

secondary

#929CD2

accent

#5EE345

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDB63B

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

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