#CDB856#CDB856

#CDB856 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.121 H 97.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDB856
RGB	rgb(205, 184, 86)
HSL	hsl(49, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(49, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 58%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.78, -4.52, 51.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.78, 51.76, 95.01°)
OKLab	oklab(78.11% -0.0155 0.1197)
OKLCH	oklch(78.11% 0.121 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.9988, 47.9339, 15.7369)
Luminance	0.4793 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDB856 #566BCD

analogous

#CD7D56 #CDB856 #A6CD56

triadic

#CDB856 #56CDB8 #B856CD

tetradic

#CDB856 #56CD7D #566BCD #CD56A6

square

#CDB856 #56CD7D #566BCD #CD56A6

split-complementary

#CDB856 #56A6CD #7D56CD

monochromatic

#827226 #B19B34 #CDB856 #DBCC85 #E9E0B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#CDB856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.59

#CDB856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDB856

10.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDB856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDB856	1.00	1.98	10.59	10.59
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B44C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBB5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCACA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdb856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 184, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.121 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfcd89',
    500: '#cdb856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdb856;
$custom-light: #dfcd89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdb856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.412,
    "s": 54.338,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78109,
    "c": 0.12067,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.47932
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDB856

secondary

#A7B0D8

accent

#64DE4A

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#16130C

muted

#84827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDB856

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

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