#CDB739#CDB739

#CDB739 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.471; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.142 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDB739
RGB	rgb(205, 183, 57)
HSL	hsl(51, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(51, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.7%, 72.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.28, -5.75, 63.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.28, 63.59, 95.19°)
OKLab	oklab(77.64% -0.0223 0.1402)
OKLCH	oklch(77.64% 0.142 99)
XYZ	xyz(42.8509, 47.1436, 10.7126)
Luminance	0.4714 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDB739 #394FCD

analogous

#CD6D39 #CDB739 #99CD39

triadic

#CDB739 #39CDB7 #B739CD

tetradic

#CDB739 #39CD6D #394FCD #CD3999

square

#CDB739 #39CD6D #394FCD #CD3999

split-complementary

#CDB739 #3999CD #6D39CD

monochromatic

#6F631C #A08F28 #CDB739 #D9C96A #E6DB9B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#CDB739 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.43

#CDB739 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDB739

10.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDB739	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDB739	1.00	2.01	10.43	10.43
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B224

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBA41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDA99E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdb739;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 183, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.142 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0cc78',
    500: '#cdb739',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdb739;
$custom-light: #e0cc78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdb739",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.081,
    "s": 59.677,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77635,
    "c": 0.14195,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.47142
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDB739

secondary

#909AD2

accent

#5CE345

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDB739

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

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