#CDB742#CDB742

#CDB742 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.472; OKLCH L 77.7% C 0.136 H 98.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDB742
RGB	rgb(205, 183, 66)
HSL	hsl(51, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(51, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.7%, 67.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.34, -5.29, 59.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.34, 60.10, 95.05°)
OKLab	oklab(77.71% -0.02 0.1345)
OKLCH	oklch(77.71% 0.136 98.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.0957, 47.2415, 12.0017)
Luminance	0.4724 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDB742 #4258CD

analogous

#CD7242 #CDB742 #9DCD42

triadic

#CDB742 #42CDB7 #B742CD

tetradic

#CDB742 #42CD72 #4258CD #CD429D

square

#CDB742 #42CD72 #4258CD #CD429D

split-complementary

#CDB742 #429DCD #7242CD

monochromatic

#76681F #A6932C #CDB742 #DAC972 #E7DCA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#CDB742 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.45

#CDB742 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDB742

10.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDB742	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDB742	1.00	2.01	10.45	10.45
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B232

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBA49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDAA9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdb742;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 183, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.7% 0.136 98.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0cc7d',
    500: '#cdb742',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdb742;
$custom-light: #e0cc7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdb742",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.504,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77705,
    "c": 0.13595,
    "h": 98.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDB742

secondary

#97A1D3

accent

#5FE146

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDB742

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

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