#CDB83E#CDB83E

#CDB83E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.140 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDB83E
RGB	rgb(205, 184, 62)
HSL	hsl(51, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(51, 70%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 69.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.58, -6.03, 61.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.58, 62.00, 95.58°)
OKLab	oklab(77.88% -0.0225 0.1377)
OKLCH	oklch(77.88% 0.14 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.1888, 47.6100, 11.4712)
Luminance	0.4761 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDB83E #3E53CD

analogous

#CD713E #CDB83E #9ACD3E

triadic

#CDB83E #3ECDB8 #B83ECD

tetradic

#CDB83E #3ECD71 #3E53CD #CD3E9A

square

#CDB83E #3ECD71 #3E53CD #CD3E9A

split-complementary

#CDB83E #3E9ACD #713ECD

monochromatic

#73661E #A3922A #CDB83E #DACA6F #E6DC9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#CDB83E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.52

#CDB83E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDB83E

10.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDB83E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDB83E	1.00	2.00	10.52	10.52
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB32C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBB45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDAB9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdb83e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 184, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.140 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0cd7a',
    500: '#cdb83e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdb83e;
$custom-light: #e0cd7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdb83e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.189,
    "s": 58.848,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77881,
    "c": 0.1395,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47608
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDB83E

secondary

#949DD3

accent

#5DE246

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDB83E

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

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