#CDB73E#CDB73E

#CDB73E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.139 H 98.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDB73E
RGB	rgb(205, 183, 62)
HSL	hsl(51, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(51, 70%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.7%, 69.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.31, -5.51, 61.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.31, 61.69, 95.12°)
OKLab	oklab(77.67% -0.021 0.1371)
OKLCH	oklch(77.67% 0.139 98.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.9818, 47.1960, 11.4022)
Luminance	0.4719 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDB73E #3E54CD

analogous

#CD6F3E #CDB73E #9CCD3E

triadic

#CDB73E #3ECDB7 #B73ECD

tetradic

#CDB73E #3ECD6F #3E54CD #CD3E9C

square

#CDB73E #3ECD6F #3E54CD #CD3E9C

split-complementary

#CDB73E #3E9CCD #6F3ECD

monochromatic

#73661E #A3912A #CDB73E #DAC96F #E6DB9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#CDB73E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.44

#CDB73E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDB73E

10.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDB73E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDB73E	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)

#C9B22C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBA45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDAA9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdb73e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 183, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.139 98.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0cc7a',
    500: '#cdb73e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdb73e;
$custom-light: #e0cc7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdb73e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.769,
    "s": 58.848,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77672,
    "c": 0.13872,
    "h": 98.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47194
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDB73E

secondary

#949ED3

accent

#5EE246

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDB73E

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

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