#CDB93D#CDB93D

#CDB93D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.141 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDB93D
RGB	rgb(205, 185, 61)
HSL	hsl(52, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(52, 70%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 70.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.83, -6.60, 62.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.83, 62.70, 96.04°)
OKLab	oklab(78.08% -0.0243 0.1389)
OKLCH	oklch(78.08% 0.141 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.3701, 48.0160, 11.3975)
Luminance	0.4801 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDB93D #3D51CD

analogous

#CD713D #CDB93D #99CD3D

triadic

#CDB93D #3DCDB9 #B93DCD

tetradic

#CDB93D #3DCD71 #3D51CD #CD3D99

square

#CDB93D #3DCD71 #3D51CD #CD3D99

split-complementary

#CDB93D #3D99CD #713DCD

monochromatic

#72661D #A3922A #CDB93D #DACB6E #E6DC9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#CDB93D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.60

#CDB93D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDB93D

10.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDB93D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDB93D	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)

#CBB42A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BB45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDACA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdb93d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 185, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.141 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0cd7a',
    500: '#cdb93d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdb93d;
$custom-light: #e0cd7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdb93d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.667,
    "s": 59.016,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78083,
    "c": 0.14096,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48014
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDB93D

secondary

#939CD2

accent

#5BE246

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDB93D

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

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