#CDB736#CDB736

#CDB736 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.144 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDB736
RGB	rgb(205, 183, 54)
HSL	hsl(51, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(51, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.7%, 73.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.26, -5.89, 64.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.26, 64.68, 95.22°)
OKLab	oklab(77.61% -0.023 0.1419)
OKLCH	oklch(77.61% 0.144 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(42.7783, 47.1145, 10.3301)
Luminance	0.4711 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDB736 #364CCD

analogous

#CD6B36 #CDB736 #97CD36

triadic

#CDB736 #36CDB7 #B736CD

tetradic

#CDB736 #36CD6B #364CCD #CD3697

square

#CDB736 #36CD6B #364CCD #CD3697

split-complementary

#CDB736 #3697CD #6B36CD

monochromatic

#6D611B #9E8D27 #CDB736 #D9C967 #E5DA98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#CDB736 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.42

#CDB736 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDB736

10.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDB736	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDB736	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)

#C9B21F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBA3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDA99E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdb736;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 183, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.144 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0cc76',
    500: '#cdb736',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdb736;
$custom-light: #e0cc76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdb736",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.258,
    "s": 60.159,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77615,
    "c": 0.14377,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDB736

secondary

#8E98D1

accent

#5CE344

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDB736

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

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