#CDB84A#CDB84A

#CDB84A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.131 H 98.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDB84A
RGB	rgb(205, 184, 74)
HSL	hsl(50, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(50, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 63.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.67, -5.34, 56.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.67, 57.10, 95.37°)
OKLab	oklab(77.98% -0.0192 0.1293)
OKLCH	oklch(77.98% 0.131 98.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.5552, 47.7565, 13.4009)
Luminance	0.4775 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDB84A #4A5FCD

analogous

#CD774A #CDB84A #A0CD4A

triadic

#CDB84A #4ACDB8 #B84ACD

tetradic

#CDB84A #4ACD77 #4A5FCD #CD4AA0

square

#CDB84A #4ACD77 #4A5FCD #CD4AA0

split-complementary

#CDB84A #4AA0CD #774ACD

monochromatic

#7B6C22 #AB972F #CDB84A #DACB7A #E7DEAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#CDB84A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.55

#CDB84A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDB84A

10.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDB84A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDB84A	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)

#C9B33D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBB50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCABA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdb84a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 184, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.131 98.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfcd81',
    500: '#cdb84a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdb84a;
$custom-light: #dfcd81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdb84a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.382,
    "s": 56.71,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77984,
    "c": 0.13075,
    "h": 98.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47755
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDB84A

secondary

#9EA7D5

accent

#60E048

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#16130B

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDB84A

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

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