#CDB74B#CDB74B

#CDB74B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.129 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDB74B
RGB	rgb(205, 183, 75)
HSL	hsl(50, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(50, 63%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.7%, 63.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.42, -4.76, 56.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.42, 56.34, 94.84°)
OKLab	oklab(77.79% -0.0174 0.128)
OKLCH	oklch(77.79% 0.129 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.3822, 47.3561, 13.5108)
Luminance	0.4735 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDB74B #4B61CD

analogous

#CD764B #CDB74B #A2CD4B

triadic

#CDB74B #4BCDB7 #B74BCD

tetradic

#CDB74B #4BCD76 #4B61CD #CD4BA2

square

#CDB74B #4BCD76 #4B61CD #CD4BA2

split-complementary

#CDB74B #4BA2CD #764BCD

monochromatic

#7B6C22 #AB9630 #CDB74B #DACA7B #E8DDAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#CDB74B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.47

#CDB74B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDB74B

10.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDB74B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDB74B	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)

#C8B33E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBA51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCAAA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdb74b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 183, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.129 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfcc82',
    500: '#cdb74b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdb74b;
$custom-light: #dfcc82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdb74b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.846,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77786,
    "c": 0.12915,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDB74B

secondary

#9FA8D5

accent

#62E048

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#16130B

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDB74B

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

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