#CDB850#CDB850

#CDB850 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.478; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.126 H 97.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDB850
RGB	rgb(205, 184, 80)
HSL	hsl(50, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(50, 61%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 61%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.72, -4.95, 54.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.72, 54.47, 95.21°)
OKLab	oklab(78.04% -0.0174 0.1247)
OKLCH	oklch(78.04% 0.126 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.7671, 47.8413, 14.5168)
Luminance	0.4784 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDB850 #5065CD

analogous

#CD7950 #CDB850 #A3CD50

triadic

#CDB850 #50CDB8 #B850CD

tetradic

#CDB850 #50CD79 #5065CD #CD50A3

square

#CDB850 #50CD79 #5065CD #CD50A3

split-complementary

#CDB850 #50A3CD #7950CD

monochromatic

#7E6F24 #AE9932 #CDB850 #DBCB80 #E8DFAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#CDB850 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.57

#CDB850 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDB850

10.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDB850	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDB850	1.00	1.99	10.57	10.57
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B445

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBB55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCACA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdb850;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 184, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.126 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfcd85',
    500: '#cdb850',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdb850;
$custom-light: #dfcd85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdb850",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.92,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78044,
    "c": 0.12587,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47839
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDB850

secondary

#A2ABD6

accent

#62DF49

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#16130B

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDB850

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

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