#CDB74D#CDB74D

#CDB74D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.474; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.128 H 97.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDB74D
RGB	rgb(205, 183, 77)
HSL	hsl(50, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(50, 62%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.7%, 62.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.43, -4.63, 55.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.43, 55.47, 94.79°)
OKLab	oklab(77.81% -0.0168 0.1264)
OKLCH	oklch(77.81% 0.128 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.4517, 47.3839, 13.8770)
Luminance	0.4738 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDB74D #4D63CD

analogous

#CD774D #CDB74D #A3CD4D

triadic

#CDB74D #4DCDB7 #B74DCD

tetradic

#CDB74D #4DCD77 #4D63CD #CD4DA3

square

#CDB74D #4DCD77 #4D63CD #CD4DA3

split-complementary

#CDB74D #4DA3CD #774DCD

monochromatic

#7D6D23 #AC9730 #CDB74D #DACA7D #E8DEAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#CDB74D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.48

#CDB74D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDB74D

10.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDB74D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDB74D	1.00	2.00	10.48	10.48
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B341

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBA52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCAAA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdb74d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 183, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.128 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfcc83',
    500: '#cdb74d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdb74d;
$custom-light: #dfcc83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdb74d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.688,
    "s": 56.14,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77806,
    "c": 0.12755,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.47382
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDB74D

secondary

#A0A9D6

accent

#62DF48

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#16130B

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDB74D

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

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