#CDB73B#CDB73B

#CDB73B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 77.6% C 0.141 H 98.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDB73B
RGB	rgb(205, 183, 59)
HSL	hsl(51, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(51, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.7%, 71.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.29, -5.66, 62.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.29, 62.84, 95.16°)
OKLab	oklab(77.65% -0.0218 0.139)
OKLCH	oklch(77.65% 0.141 98.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.9018, 47.1640, 10.9806)
Luminance	0.4716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDB73B #3B51CD

analogous

#CD6E3B #CDB73B #9ACD3B

triadic

#CDB73B #3BCDB7 #B73BCD

tetradic

#CDB73B #3BCD6E #3B51CD #CD3B9A

square

#CDB73B #3BCD6E #3B51CD #CD3B9A

split-complementary

#CDB73B #3B9ACD #6E3BCD

monochromatic

#71641D #A28F29 #CDB73B #D9C96C #E6DB9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#CDB73B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.43

#CDB73B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDB73B

10.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDB73B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDB73B	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)

#C9B228

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBA43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDA99E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdb73b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 183, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.6% 0.141 98.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0cc79',
    500: '#cdb73b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdb73b;
$custom-light: #e0cc79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdb73b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.959,
    "s": 59.35,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7765,
    "c": 0.14069,
    "h": 98.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47162
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDB73B

secondary

#929CD2

accent

#5DE345

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDB73B

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

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