#CDB640#CDB640

#CDB640 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.137 H 98.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDB640
RGB	rgb(205, 182, 64)
HSL	hsl(50, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(50, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.2%, 68.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.07, -4.88, 60.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.07, 60.60, 94.62°)
OKLab	oklab(77.48% -0.019 0.1352)
OKLCH	oklch(77.48% 0.137 98)
XYZ	xyz(42.8322, 46.8073, 11.6281)
Luminance	0.4681 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDB640 #4057CD

analogous

#CD7040 #CDB640 #9DCD40

triadic

#CDB640 #40CDB6 #B640CD

tetradic

#CDB640 #40CD70 #4057CD #CD409D

square

#CDB640 #40CD70 #4057CD #CD409D

split-complementary

#CDB640 #409DCD #7040CD

monochromatic

#74661E #A5912B #CDB640 #DAC971 #E6DBA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#CDB640 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.36

#CDB640 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDB640

10.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDB640	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDB640	1.00	2.03	10.36	10.36
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B230

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEB947

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDA99E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdb640;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 182, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.137 98.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0cb7b',
    500: '#cdb640',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdb640;
$custom-light: #e0cb7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdb640",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.213,
    "s": 58.506,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7748,
    "c": 0.13658,
    "h": 98
  },
  "luminance": 0.46805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDB640

secondary

#96A0D3

accent

#5FE246

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDB640

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

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