#CDB73C#CDB73C

#CDB73C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.140 H 98.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDB73C
RGB	rgb(205, 183, 60)
HSL	hsl(51, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(51, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.7%, 70.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.30, -5.61, 62.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.30, 62.46, 95.15°)
OKLab	oklab(77.66% -0.0216 0.1384)
OKLCH	oklch(77.66% 0.14 98.9)
XYZ	xyz(42.9280, 47.1744, 11.1185)
Luminance	0.4717 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDB73C #3C52CD

analogous

#CD6F3C #CDB73C #9ACD3C

triadic

#CDB73C #3CCDB7 #B73CCD

tetradic

#CDB73C #3CCD6F #3C52CD #CD3C9A

square

#CDB73C #3CCD6F #3C52CD #CD3C9A

split-complementary

#CDB73C #3C9ACD #6F3CCD

monochromatic

#71651D #A2902A #CDB73C #D9C96D #E6DB9D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#CDB73C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.43

#CDB73C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDB73C

10.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDB73C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDB73C	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)

#C9B229

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBA43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDAA9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdb73c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 183, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.140 98.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0cc79',
    500: '#cdb73c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdb73c;
$custom-light: #e0cc79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdb73c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.897,
    "s": 59.184,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77657,
    "c": 0.14004,
    "h": 98.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDB73C

secondary

#939CD2

accent

#5DE245

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDB73C

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

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