#CDB853#CDB853

#CDB853 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.123 H 97.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDB853
RGB	rgb(205, 184, 83)
HSL	hsl(50, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(50, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 59.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.75, -4.74, 52.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.75, 53.13, 95.12°)
OKLab	oklab(78.08% -0.0164 0.1222)
OKLCH	oklch(78.08% 0.123 97.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.8804, 47.8866, 15.1136)
Luminance	0.4788 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDB853 #5368CD

analogous

#CD7B53 #CDB853 #A5CD53

triadic

#CDB853 #53CDB8 #B853CD

tetradic

#CDB853 #53CD7B #5368CD #CD53A5

square

#CDB853 #53CD7B #5368CD #CD53A5

split-complementary

#CDB853 #53A5CD #7B53CD

monochromatic

#807125 #B09A33 #CDB853 #DBCC82 #E9DFB2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.99

#CDB853 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.58

#CDB853 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDB853

10.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDB853	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDB853	1.00	1.99	10.58	10.58
#FFFFFF	1.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B448

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBB58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCACA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdb853;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 184, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.123 97.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfcd87',
    500: '#cdb853',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdb853;
$custom-light: #dfcd87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdb853",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.672,
    "s": 54.955,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78076,
    "c": 0.12331,
    "h": 97.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.47885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDB853

secondary

#A5ADD7

accent

#63DE4A

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#16130B

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDB853

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

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