#CDB63D#CDB63D

#CDB63D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.139 H 98.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDB63D
RGB	rgb(205, 182, 61)
HSL	hsl(50, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(50, 70%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.2%, 70.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.05, -5.04, 61.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.05, 61.77, 94.68°)
OKLab	oklab(77.46% -0.0198 0.1372)
OKLCH	oklch(77.46% 0.139 98.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.7491, 46.7741, 11.1905)
Luminance	0.4677 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDB63D #3D54CD

analogous

#CD6E3D #CDB63D #9CCD3D

triadic

#CDB63D #3DCDB6 #B63DCD

tetradic

#CDB63D #3DCD6E #3D54CD #CD3D9C

square

#CDB63D #3DCD6E #3D54CD #CD3D9C

split-complementary

#CDB63D #3D9CCD #6E3DCD

monochromatic

#72651D #A3902A #CDB63D #DAC86E #E6DB9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#CDB63D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.35

#CDB63D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDB63D

10.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDB63D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDB63D	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)

#C8B12B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEB944

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDA99E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdb63d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 182, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.139 98.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0cb7a',
    500: '#cdb63d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdb63d;
$custom-light: #e0cb7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdb63d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.417,
    "s": 59.016,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77456,
    "c": 0.13862,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.46772
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDB63D

secondary

#939ED2

accent

#5FE246

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDB63D

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

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