#CDB657#CDB657

#CDB657 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.118 H 95.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDB657
RGB	rgb(205, 182, 87)
HSL	hsl(48, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(48, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.2%, 57.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.27, -3.40, 50.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.27, 50.62, 93.85°)
OKLab	oklab(77.71% -0.0121 0.1175)
OKLCH	oklch(77.71% 0.118 95.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.6268, 47.1251, 15.8130)
Luminance	0.4712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDB657 #576ECD

analogous

#CD7B57 #CDB657 #A9CD57

triadic

#CDB657 #57CDB6 #B657CD

tetradic

#CDB657 #57CD7B #576ECD #CD57A9

square

#CDB657 #57CD7B #576ECD #CD57A9

split-complementary

#CDB657 #57A9CD #7B57CD

monochromatic

#837127 #B29A35 #CDB657 #DBCA86 #E9DFB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#CDB657 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.42

#CDB657 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDB657

10.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDB657	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDB657	1.00	2.01	10.42	10.42
#FFFFFF	2.01	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)

#C6B24E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCBA5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCAAA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdb657;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 182, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.118 95.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfcb89',
    500: '#cdb657',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdb657;
$custom-light: #dfcb89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdb657",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 182,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.305,
    "s": 54.128,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77706,
    "c": 0.11815,
    "h": 95.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47123
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDB657

secondary

#A8B1D8

accent

#67DD4A

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#16130C

muted

#84827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDB657

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

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