#CDB83F#CDB83F

#CDB83F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.139 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDB83F
RGB	rgb(205, 184, 63)
HSL	hsl(51, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(51, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 69.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.59, -5.97, 61.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.59, 61.61, 95.56°)
OKLab	oklab(77.89% -0.0223 0.137)
OKLCH	oklch(77.89% 0.139 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.2165, 47.6210, 11.6171)
Luminance	0.4762 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDB83F #3F54CD

analogous

#CD713F #CDB83F #9BCD3F

triadic

#CDB83F #3FCDB8 #B83FCD

tetradic

#CDB83F #3FCD71 #3F54CD #CD3F9B

square

#CDB83F #3FCD71 #3F54CD #CD3F9B

split-complementary

#CDB83F #3F9BCD #713FCD

monochromatic

#74671E #A4922B #CDB83F #DACA70 #E6DCA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#CDB83F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.52

#CDB83F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDB83F

10.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDB83F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDB83F	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)

#C9B32E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBB46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDABA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdb83f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 184, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.139 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0cd7b',
    500: '#cdb83f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdb83f;
$custom-light: #e0cd7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdb83f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.127,
    "s": 58.678,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77889,
    "c": 0.13883,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47619
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDB83F

secondary

#959ED3

accent

#5DE246

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDB83F

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

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