#CDB836#CDB836

#CDB836 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.475; OKLCH L 77.8% C 0.145 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDB836
RGB	rgb(205, 184, 54)
HSL	hsl(52, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(52, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 73.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.53, -6.41, 64.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.53, 64.98, 95.66°)
OKLab	oklab(77.82% -0.0244 0.1425)
OKLCH	oklch(77.82% 0.145 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(42.9852, 47.5285, 10.3991)
Luminance	0.4753 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDB836 #364BCD

analogous

#CD6D36 #CDB836 #96CD36

triadic

#CDB836 #36CDB8 #B836CD

tetradic

#CDB836 #36CD6D #364BCD #CD3696

square

#CDB836 #36CD6D #364BCD #CD3696

split-complementary

#CDB836 #3696CD #6D36CD

monochromatic

#6D621B #9E8E27 #CDB836 #D9C967 #E5DB98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#CDB836 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.51

#CDB836 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDB836

10.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDB836	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDB836	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)

#CAB31F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BB3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDAA9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdb836;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 184, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.8% 0.145 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0cc76',
    500: '#cdb836',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdb836;
$custom-light: #e0cc76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdb836",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.656,
    "s": 60.159,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77824,
    "c": 0.14454,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47526
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDB836

secondary

#8E97D1

accent

#5BE344

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8ED

border

#D5D1C8

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDB836

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

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