#CDB759#CDB759

#CDB759 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.117 H 96.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDB759
RGB	rgb(205, 183, 89)
HSL	hsl(49, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(49, 57%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.7%, 56.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.55, -3.77, 49.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.55, 50.03, 94.32°)
OKLab	oklab(77.94% -0.0129 0.1164)
OKLCH	oklch(77.94% 0.117 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.9152, 47.5693, 16.3179)
Luminance	0.4757 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDB759 #596FCD

analogous

#CD7D59 #CDB759 #A9CD59

triadic

#CDB759 #59CDB7 #B759CD

tetradic

#CDB759 #59CD7D #596FCD #CD59A9

square

#CDB759 #59CD7D #596FCD #CD59A9

split-complementary

#CDB759 #59A9CD #7D59CD

monochromatic

#847228 #B39B36 #CDB759 #DBCB88 #E9E0B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#CDB759 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.51

#CDB759 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDB759

10.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDB759	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDB759	1.00	2.00	10.51	10.51
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B350

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBB5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCABA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdb759;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 183, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.117 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfcc8b',
    500: '#cdb759',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdb759;
$custom-light: #dfcc8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdb759",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 183,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.621,
    "s": 53.704,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77937,
    "c": 0.11714,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47567
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDB759

secondary

#AAB2D8

accent

#66DD4B

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#15130C

muted

#84827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDB759

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

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