#CDB85B#CDB85B

#CDB85B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.116 H 96.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDB85B
RGB	rgb(205, 184, 91)
HSL	hsl(49, 53%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(49, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 55.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.84, -4.14, 49.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.84, 49.44, 94.80°)
OKLab	oklab(78.17% -0.0138 0.1153)
OKLCH	oklch(78.17% 0.116 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.2073, 48.0173, 16.8352)
Luminance	0.4802 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDB85B #5B70CD

analogous

#CD7F5B #CDB85B #A9CD5B

triadic

#CDB85B #5BCDB8 #B85BCD

tetradic

#CDB85B #5BCD7F #5B70CD #CD5BA9

square

#CDB85B #5BCD7F #5B70CD #CD5BA9

split-complementary

#CDB85B #5BA9CD #7F5BCD

monochromatic

#857429 #B49D37 #CDB85B #DBCC8A #EAE1B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#CDB85B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.60

#CDB85B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDB85B

10.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDB85B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDB85B	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)

#C8B452

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBB5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBACA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdb85b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 184, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.116 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfcd8c',
    500: '#cdb85b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdb85b;
$custom-light: #dfcd8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdb85b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.947,
    "s": 53.271,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78168,
    "c": 0.11612,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDB85B

secondary

#ABB4D9

accent

#66DD4B

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8F0

border

#D5D1CB

text

#15130C

muted

#84827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDB85B

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

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