#CDB74A#CDB74A

#CDB74A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.473; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.130 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDB74A
RGB	rgb(205, 183, 74)
HSL	hsl(50, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(50, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.7%, 63.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.41, -4.82, 56.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.41, 56.77, 94.87°)
OKLab	oklab(77.78% -0.0177 0.1287)
OKLCH	oklch(77.78% 0.13 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.3482, 47.3425, 13.3320)
Luminance	0.4734 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDB74A #4A60CD

analogous

#CD764A #CDB74A #A1CD4A

triadic

#CDB74A #4ACDB7 #B74ACD

tetradic

#CDB74A #4ACD76 #4A60CD #CD4AA1

square

#CDB74A #4ACD76 #4A60CD #CD4AA1

split-complementary

#CDB74A #4AA1CD #764ACD

monochromatic

#7B6C22 #AB962F #CDB74A #DACA7A #E7DDAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#CDB74A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.47

#CDB74A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDB74A

10.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDB74A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDB74A	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)

#C8B33D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBA50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCAAA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdb74a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 183, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.130 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfcc81',
    500: '#cdb74a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdb74a;
$custom-light: #dfcc81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdb74a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.924,
    "s": 56.71,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77776,
    "c": 0.12995,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47341
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDB74A

secondary

#9EA7D5

accent

#61E048

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#16130B

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDB74A

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

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