#CDB840#CDB840

#CDB840 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.476; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.138 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDB840
RGB	rgb(205, 184, 64)
HSL	hsl(51, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(51, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 68.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.59, -5.92, 60.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.59, 61.22, 95.55°)
OKLab	oklab(77.9% -0.022 0.1364)
OKLCH	oklch(77.9% 0.138 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.2447, 47.6323, 11.7656)
Luminance	0.4763 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDB840 #4055CD

analogous

#CD7240 #CDB840 #9BCD40

triadic

#CDB840 #40CDB8 #B840CD

tetradic

#CDB840 #40CD72 #4055CD #CD409B

square

#CDB840 #40CD72 #4055CD #CD409B

split-complementary

#CDB840 #409BCD #7240CD

monochromatic

#74671E #A5932B #CDB840 #DACA71 #E6DCA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.00

#CDB840 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.53

#CDB840 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDB840

10.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDB840	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDB840	1.00	2.00	10.53	10.53
#FFFFFF	2.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B32F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBB47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDABA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B7B7B7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdb840;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 184, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.138 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0cd7c',
    500: '#cdb840',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdb840;
$custom-light: #e0cd7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdb840",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.064,
    "s": 58.506,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77897,
    "c": 0.13814,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4763
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDB840

secondary

#969FD3

accent

#5DE246

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDB840

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

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