#CDB936#CDB936

#CDB936 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.479; OKLCH L 78.0% C 0.145 H 100.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDB936
RGB	rgb(205, 185, 54)
HSL	hsl(52, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(52, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 73.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.79, -6.93, 64.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.79, 65.28, 96.09°)
OKLab	oklab(78.03% -0.0259 0.143)
OKLCH	oklch(78.03% 0.145 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.1937, 47.9454, 10.4685)
Luminance	0.4794 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDB936 #364ACD

analogous

#CD6D36 #CDB936 #95CD36

triadic

#CDB936 #36CDB9 #B936CD

tetradic

#CDB936 #36CD6D #364ACD #CD3695

square

#CDB936 #36CD6D #364ACD #CD3695

split-complementary

#CDB936 #3695CD #6D36CD

monochromatic

#6D631B #9E8F27 #CDB936 #D9CA67 #E5DB98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#CDB936 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.59

#CDB936 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDB936

10.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDB936	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDB936	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)

#CBB41E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BB3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDABA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdb936;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 185, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.0% 0.145 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0cd76',
    500: '#cdb936',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdb936;
$custom-light: #e0cd76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdb936",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.053,
    "s": 60.159,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78033,
    "c": 0.14532,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.47943
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDB936

secondary

#8E97D1

accent

#5AE344

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDB936

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

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