#CDB749#CDB749

#CDB749 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.131 H 97.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDB749
RGB	rgb(205, 183, 73)
HSL	hsl(50, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(50, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.7%, 64.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.40, -4.88, 56.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.40, 57.20, 94.90°)
OKLab	oklab(77.77% -0.018 0.1295)
OKLCH	oklch(77.77% 0.131 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.3148, 47.3292, 13.1559)
Luminance	0.4733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDB749 #495FCD

analogous

#CD7549 #CDB749 #A1CD49

triadic

#CDB749 #49CDB7 #B749CD

tetradic

#CDB749 #49CD75 #495FCD #CD49A1

square

#CDB749 #49CD75 #495FCD #CD49A1

split-complementary

#CDB749 #49A1CD #7549CD

monochromatic

#7A6B22 #AA962F #CDB749 #DACA79 #E7DDA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#CDB749 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.47

#CDB749 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDB749

10.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDB749	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDB749	1.00	2.01	10.47	10.47
#FFFFFF	2.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B33C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBA4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCAAA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdb749;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 183, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.131 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfcc81',
    500: '#cdb749',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdb749;
$custom-light: #dfcc81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdb749",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 56.897,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77767,
    "c": 0.13073,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47327
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDB749

secondary

#9DA6D5

accent

#61E048

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#16130B

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDB749

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

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