#CDB642#CDB642

#CDB642 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.468; OKLCH L 77.5% C 0.135 H 97.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDB642
RGB	rgb(205, 182, 66)
HSL	hsl(50, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(50, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.2%, 67.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.08, -4.77, 59.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.08, 59.79, 94.58°)
OKLab	oklab(77.5% -0.0185 0.1339)
OKLCH	oklch(77.5% 0.135 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.8901, 46.8305, 11.9332)
Luminance	0.4683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDB642 #4259CD

analogous

#CD7042 #CDB642 #9ECD42

triadic

#CDB642 #42CDB6 #B642CD

tetradic

#CDB642 #42CD70 #4259CD #CD429E

square

#CDB642 #42CD70 #4259CD #CD429E

split-complementary

#CDB642 #429ECD #7042CD

monochromatic

#76671F #A6922C #CDB642 #DAC972 #E7DBA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.03

#CDB642 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.37

#CDB642 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDB642

10.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDB642	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDB642	1.00	2.03	10.37	10.37
#FFFFFF	2.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B232

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBA48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDA99E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdb642;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 182, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.5% 0.135 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0cb7c',
    500: '#cdb642',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdb642;
$custom-light: #e0cb7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdb642",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.072,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77496,
    "c": 0.13517,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.46828
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDB642

secondary

#97A1D3

accent

#60E146

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDB642

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

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