#CDB855#CDB855

#CDB855 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.122 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDB855
RGB	rgb(205, 184, 85)
HSL	hsl(50, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(50, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 58.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.77, -4.59, 52.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.77, 52.22, 95.05°)
OKLab	oklab(78.1% -0.0158 0.1205)
OKLCH	oklch(78.1% 0.122 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.9587, 47.9179, 15.5262)
Luminance	0.4792 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDB855 #556ACD

analogous

#CD7C55 #CDB855 #A6CD55

triadic

#CDB855 #55CDB8 #B855CD

tetradic

#CDB855 #55CD7C #556ACD #CD55A6

square

#CDB855 #55CD7C #556ACD #CD55A6

split-complementary

#CDB855 #55A6CD #7C55CD

monochromatic

#827226 #B19B34 #CDB855 #DBCC84 #E9E0B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#CDB855 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.58

#CDB855 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDB855

10.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDB855	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDB855	1.00	1.98	10.58	10.58
#FFFFFF	1.98	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)

#C8B44B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBB5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCACA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdb855;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 184, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.122 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfcd88',
    500: '#cdb855',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdb855;
$custom-light: #dfcd88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdb855",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.5,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78098,
    "c": 0.12156,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.47916
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDB855

secondary

#A6AFD7

accent

#64DE4A

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#16130C

muted

#84827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDB855

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →