#CDB74C#CDB74C

#CDB74C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.128 H 97.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDB74C
RGB	rgb(205, 183, 76)
HSL	hsl(50, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(50, 63%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.7%, 62.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.43, -4.69, 55.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.43, 55.90, 94.82°)
OKLab	oklab(77.8% -0.0171 0.1272)
OKLCH	oklch(77.8% 0.128 97.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.4167, 47.3699, 13.6925)
Luminance	0.4737 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDB74C #4C62CD

analogous

#CD764C #CDB74C #A3CD4C

triadic

#CDB74C #4CCDB7 #B74CCD

tetradic

#CDB74C #4CCD76 #4C62CD #CD4CA3

square

#CDB74C #4CCD76 #4C62CD #CD4CA3

split-complementary

#CDB74C #4CA3CD #764CCD

monochromatic

#7C6D23 #AC9730 #CDB74C #DACA7C #E8DDAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.01

#CDB74C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.47

#CDB74C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDB74C

10.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDB74C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDB74C	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)

#C8B340

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBA51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCAAA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdb74c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 183, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.128 97.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfcc82',
    500: '#cdb74c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdb74c;
$custom-light: #dfcc82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdb74c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.767,
    "s": 56.332,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77796,
    "c": 0.12836,
    "h": 97.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47368
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDB74C

secondary

#9FA9D5

accent

#62E048

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#16130B

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDB74C

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

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