#CDB858#CDB858

#CDB858 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.119 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDB858
RGB	rgb(205, 184, 88)
HSL	hsl(49, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(49, 57%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 57.1%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.80, -4.37, 50.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.80, 50.84, 94.93°)
OKLab	oklab(78.13% -0.0148 0.118)
OKLCH	oklch(78.13% 0.119 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.0805, 47.9666, 16.1672)
Luminance	0.4797 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDB858 #586DCD

analogous

#CD7E58 #CDB858 #A7CD58

triadic

#CDB858 #58CDB8 #B858CD

tetradic

#CDB858 #58CD7E #586DCD #CD58A7

square

#CDB858 #58CD7E #586DCD #CD58A7

split-complementary

#CDB858 #58A7CD #7E58CD

monochromatic

#837327 #B29C35 #CDB858 #DBCC87 #E9E0B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#CDB858 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.59

#CDB858 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDB858

10.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDB858	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDB858	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)

#C8B44F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBB5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCACA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdb858;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 184, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.119 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfcd8a',
    500: '#cdb858',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdb858;
$custom-light: #dfcd8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdb858",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.231,
    "s": 53.917,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78132,
    "c": 0.11887,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.47965
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDB858

secondary

#A9B1D8

accent

#65DD4B

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#16130C

muted

#84827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDB858

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

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