#CDB656#CDB656

#CDB656 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.119 H 96.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDB656
RGB	rgb(205, 182, 86)
HSL	hsl(48, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(48, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.2%, 58%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.26, -3.48, 50.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.26, 51.09, 93.90°)
OKLab	oklab(77.7% -0.0124 0.1184)
OKLCH	oklch(77.7% 0.119 96)
XYZ	xyz(43.5862, 47.1089, 15.5994)
Luminance	0.4711 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDB656 #566DCD

analogous

#CD7A56 #CDB656 #A9CD56

triadic

#CDB656 #56CDB6 #B656CD

tetradic

#CDB656 #56CD7A #566DCD #CD56A9

square

#CDB656 #56CD7A #566DCD #CD56A9

split-complementary

#CDB656 #56A9CD #7A56CD

monochromatic

#827026 #B19934 #CDB656 #DBCA85 #E9DFB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#CDB656 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.42

#CDB656 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDB656

10.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDB656	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDB656	1.00	2.02	10.42	10.42
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C6B24C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCBA5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCAAA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdb656;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 182, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.119 96.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfcb89',
    500: '#cdb656',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdb656;
$custom-light: #dfcb89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdb656",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.403,
    "s": 54.338,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77695,
    "c": 0.11905,
    "h": 96
  },
  "luminance": 0.47107
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDB656

secondary

#A7B1D8

accent

#67DE4A

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#16130C

muted

#84827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDB656

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

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