#CDB72E#CDB72E

#CDB72E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.470; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.148 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDB72E
RGB	rgb(205, 183, 46)
HSL	hsl(52, 63%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(52, 78%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.7%, 77.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.22, -6.21, 67.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.22, 67.38, 95.29°)
OKLab	oklab(77.57% -0.0247 0.1461)
OKLCH	oklch(77.57% 0.148 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(42.6056, 47.0455, 9.4208)
Luminance	0.4704 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDB72E #2E44CD

analogous

#CD682E #CDB72E #94CD2E

triadic

#CDB72E #2ECDB7 #B72ECD

tetradic

#CDB72E #2ECD68 #2E44CD #CD2E94

square

#CDB72E #2ECD68 #2E44CD #CD2E94

split-complementary

#CDB72E #2E94CD #682ECD

monochromatic

#695E18 #9B8A23 #CDB72E #DBC95D #E6DA8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.02

#CDB72E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.41

#CDB72E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDB72E

10.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDB72E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDB72E	1.00	2.02	10.41	10.41
#FFFFFF	2.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B20C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBA38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDA99D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B6B6B6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdb72e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 183, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.148 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1cc72',
    500: '#cdb72e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdb72e;
$custom-light: #e1cc72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdb72e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.698,
    "s": 63.347,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77566,
    "c": 0.14817,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDB72E

secondary

#8691D0

accent

#58E641

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDB72E

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

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