#CDB73D#CDB73D

#CDB73D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.139 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDB73D
RGB	rgb(205, 183, 61)
HSL	hsl(51, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(51, 70%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.7%, 70.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.31, -5.56, 61.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.31, 62.08, 95.14°)
OKLab	oklab(77.66% -0.0213 0.1378)
OKLCH	oklch(77.66% 0.139 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.9546, 47.1851, 11.2590)
Luminance	0.4718 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDB73D #3D53CD

analogous

#CD6F3D #CDB73D #9BCD3D

triadic

#CDB73D #3DCDB7 #B73DCD

tetradic

#CDB73D #3DCD6F #3D53CD #CD3D9B

square

#CDB73D #3DCD6F #3D53CD #CD3D9B

split-complementary

#CDB73D #3D9BCD #6F3DCD

monochromatic

#72651D #A3902A #CDB73D #DAC96E #E6DB9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#CDB73D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.44

#CDB73D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDB73D

10.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDB73D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDB73D	1.00	2.01	10.44	10.44
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B22B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBA44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDAA9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdb73d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 183, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.139 98.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0cc7a',
    500: '#cdb73d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdb73d;
$custom-light: #e0cc7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdb73d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.833,
    "s": 59.016,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77665,
    "c": 0.13939,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47183
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDB73D

secondary

#939DD2

accent

#5EE246

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDB73D

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

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