#CDB849#CDB849

#CDB849 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.477; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.132 H 98.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDB849
RGB	rgb(205, 184, 73)
HSL	hsl(50, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(50, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 64.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.66, -5.40, 57.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.66, 57.52, 95.39°)
OKLab	oklab(77.98% -0.0195 0.1301)
OKLCH	oklch(77.98% 0.132 98.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.5218, 47.7431, 13.2249)
Luminance	0.4774 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDB849 #495ECD

analogous

#CD7649 #CDB849 #A0CD49

triadic

#CDB849 #49CDB8 #B849CD

tetradic

#CDB849 #49CD76 #495ECD #CD49A0

square

#CDB849 #49CD76 #495ECD #CD49A0

split-complementary

#CDB849 #49A0CD #7649CD

monochromatic

#7A6C22 #AA962F #CDB849 #DACB79 #E7DDA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#CDB849 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.55

#CDB849 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDB849

10.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDB849	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDB849	1.00	1.99	10.55	10.55
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B33C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBB4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCABA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdb849;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 184, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.132 98.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfcd81',
    500: '#cdb849',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdb849;
$custom-light: #dfcd81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdb849",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.455,
    "s": 56.897,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77975,
    "c": 0.13154,
    "h": 98.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDB849

secondary

#9DA6D5

accent

#60E048

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#16130B

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDB849

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

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