#CDB85A#CDB85A

#CDB85A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.117 H 96.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDB85A
RGB	rgb(205, 184, 90)
HSL	hsl(49, 53%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(49, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 56.1%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.83, -4.22, 49.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.83, 49.91, 94.85°)
OKLab	oklab(78.16% -0.0141 0.1162)
OKLCH	oklch(78.16% 0.117 96.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.1644, 48.0002, 16.6095)
Luminance	0.4800 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDB85A #5A6FCD

analogous

#CD7E5A #CDB85A #A9CD5A

triadic

#CDB85A #5ACDB8 #B85ACD

tetradic

#CDB85A #5ACD7E #5A6FCD #CD5AA9

square

#CDB85A #5ACD7E #5A6FCD #CD5AA9

split-complementary

#CDB85A #5AA9CD #7E5ACD

monochromatic

#847428 #B39D36 #CDB85A #DBCC89 #E9E0B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#CDB85A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.60

#CDB85A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDB85A

10.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDB85A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDB85A	1.00	1.98	10.60	10.60
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B451

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBB5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBACA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdb85a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 184, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.117 96.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfcd8b',
    500: '#cdb85a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdb85a;
$custom-light: #dfcd8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdb85a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.043,
    "s": 53.488,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78156,
    "c": 0.11704,
    "h": 96.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.47998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDB85A

secondary

#AAB3D8

accent

#66DD4B

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#15130C

muted

#84827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDB85A

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →