#CDB844#CDB844

#CDB844 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 77.9% C 0.135 H 98.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDB844
RGB	rgb(205, 184, 68)
HSL	hsl(51, 58%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(51, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 66.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.62, -5.70, 59.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.62, 59.61, 95.49°)
OKLab	oklab(77.93% -0.0209 0.1337)
OKLCH	oklch(77.93% 0.135 98.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.3627, 47.6795, 12.3867)
Luminance	0.4768 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDB844 #4459CD

analogous

#CD7344 #CDB844 #9DCD44

triadic

#CDB844 #44CDB8 #B844CD

tetradic

#CDB844 #44CD73 #4459CD #CD449D

square

#CDB844 #44CD73 #4459CD #CD449D

split-complementary

#CDB844 #449DCD #7344CD

monochromatic

#776920 #A7942D #CDB844 #DACA74 #E7DDA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#CDB844 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.54

#CDB844 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDB844

10.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDB844	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDB844	1.00	1.99	10.54	10.54
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B335

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBB4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDABA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdb844;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 184, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.9% 0.135 98.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0cd7e',
    500: '#cdb844',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdb844;
$custom-light: #e0cd7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdb844",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.803,
    "s": 57.806,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7793,
    "c": 0.1353,
    "h": 98.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDB844

secondary

#99A2D4

accent

#5EE147

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDB844

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

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