#CDB649#CDB649

#CDB649 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.469; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.130 H 97.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDB649
RGB	rgb(205, 182, 73)
HSL	hsl(50, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(50, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.2%, 64.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.14, -4.36, 56.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.14, 56.87, 94.40°)
OKLab	oklab(77.56% -0.0165 0.1289)
OKLCH	oklch(77.56% 0.13 97.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.1093, 46.9181, 13.0874)
Luminance	0.4692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDB649 #4960CD

analogous

#CD7449 #CDB649 #A2CD49

triadic

#CDB649 #49CDB6 #B649CD

tetradic

#CDB649 #49CD74 #4960CD #CD49A2

square

#CDB649 #49CD74 #4960CD #CD49A2

split-complementary

#CDB649 #49A2CD #7449CD

monochromatic

#7A6B22 #AA952F #CDB649 #DAC979 #E7DDA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#CDB649 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.38

#CDB649 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDB649

10.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDB649	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDB649	1.00	2.02	10.38	10.38
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B23C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBA4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCA99F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdb649;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 182, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.130 97.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfcb81',
    500: '#cdb649',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdb649;
$custom-light: #dfcb81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdb649",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.545,
    "s": 56.897,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77559,
    "c": 0.12995,
    "h": 97.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.46916
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDB649

secondary

#9DA7D5

accent

#62E048

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#16130B

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDB649

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

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