#CDB85D#CDB85D

#CDB85D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.114 H 96.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDB85D
RGB	rgb(205, 184, 93)
HSL	hsl(49, 53%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(49, 55%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.2%, 54.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.86, -3.98, 48.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.86, 48.50, 94.70°)
OKLab	oklab(78.19% -0.0131 0.1135)
OKLCH	oklch(78.19% 0.114 96.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.2947, 48.0523, 17.2956)
Luminance	0.4805 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDB85D #5D72CD

analogous

#CD805D #CDB85D #AACD5D

triadic

#CDB85D #5DCDB8 #B85DCD

tetradic

#CDB85D #5DCD80 #5D72CD #CD5DAA

square

#CDB85D #5DCD80 #5D72CD #CD5DAA

split-complementary

#CDB85D #5DAACD #805DCD

monochromatic

#867529 #B59D38 #CDB85D #DBCC8C #EAE1BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#CDB85D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.61

#CDB85D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDB85D

10.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDB85D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDB85D	1.00	1.98	10.61	10.61
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B454

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CDBB61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBACA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdb85d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 184, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.114 96.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfcd8d',
    500: '#cdb85d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdb85d;
$custom-light: #dfcd8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdb85d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 184,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.75,
    "s": 52.83,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78192,
    "c": 0.11424,
    "h": 96.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDB85D

secondary

#ADB5D9

accent

#67DC4C

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF8F0

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130C

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDB85D

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

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