#CDB755#CDB755

#CDB755 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.121 H 96.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDB755
RGB	rgb(205, 183, 85)
HSL	hsl(49, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(49, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.7%, 58.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.51, -4.07, 51.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.51, 51.88, 94.50°)
OKLab	oklab(77.89% -0.0143 0.1199)
OKLCH	oklch(77.89% 0.121 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.7518, 47.5039, 15.4572)
Luminance	0.4750 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDB755 #556BCD

analogous

#CD7B55 #CDB755 #A7CD55

triadic

#CDB755 #55CDB7 #B755CD

tetradic

#CDB755 #55CD7B #556BCD #CD55A7

square

#CDB755 #55CD7B #556BCD #CD55A7

split-complementary

#CDB755 #55A7CD #7B55CD

monochromatic

#827126 #B19A34 #CDB755 #DBCB84 #E9DFB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#CDB755 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.50

#CDB755 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDB755

10.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDB755	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDB755	1.00	2.00	10.50	10.50
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B34B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBA5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCABA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdb755;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 183, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.121 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfcc88',
    500: '#cdb755',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdb755;
$custom-light: #dfcc88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdb755",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7789,
    "c": 0.12075,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.47502
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDB755

secondary

#A6AFD7

accent

#65DE4A

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#16130C

muted

#84827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDB755

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

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