#CDB84C#CDB84C

#CDB84C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.129 H 98.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDB84C
RGB	rgb(205, 184, 76)
HSL	hsl(50, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(50, 63%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 62.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.69, -5.21, 55.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.69, 56.23, 95.32°)
OKLab	oklab(78% -0.0186 0.1278)
OKLCH	oklch(78% 0.129 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.6237, 47.7839, 13.7615)
Luminance	0.4778 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDB84C #4C61CD

analogous

#CD784C #CDB84C #A1CD4C

triadic

#CDB84C #4CCDB8 #B84CCD

tetradic

#CDB84C #4CCD78 #4C61CD #CD4CA1

square

#CDB84C #4CCD78 #4C61CD #CD4CA1

split-complementary

#CDB84C #4CA1CD #784CCD

monochromatic

#7C6D23 #AC9830 #CDB84C #DACB7C #E8DEAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#CDB84C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.56

#CDB84C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDB84C

10.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDB84C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDB84C	1.00	1.99	10.56	10.56
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B440

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBB52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCABA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdb84c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 184, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.129 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfcd83',
    500: '#cdb84c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdb84c;
$custom-light: #dfcd83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdb84c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.233,
    "s": 56.332,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78004,
    "c": 0.12916,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDB84C

secondary

#9FA8D5

accent

#61E048

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#16130B

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDB84C

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

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