#CDB940#CDB940

#CDB940 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.480; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.139 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDB940
RGB	rgb(205, 185, 64)
HSL	hsl(51, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(51, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 68.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.86, -6.44, 61.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.86, 61.54, 96.01°)
OKLab	oklab(78.11% -0.0235 0.1369)
OKLCH	oklch(78.11% 0.139 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.4532, 48.0492, 11.8351)
Luminance	0.4805 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDB940 #4054CD

analogous

#CD7240 #CDB940 #9BCD40

triadic

#CDB940 #40CDB9 #B940CD

tetradic

#CDB940 #40CD72 #4054CD #CD409B

square

#CDB940 #40CD72 #4054CD #CD409B

split-complementary

#CDB940 #409BCD #7240CD

monochromatic

#74681E #A5932B #CDB940 #DACB71 #E6DDA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#CDB940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.61

#CDB940 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDB940

10.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDB940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDB940	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)

#CAB42F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BB47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDACA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdb940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 185, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.139 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0cd7c',
    500: '#cdb940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdb940;
$custom-light: #e0cd7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdb940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.489,
    "s": 58.506,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78106,
    "c": 0.13894,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48047
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDB940

secondary

#969FD3

accent

#5CE246

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDB940

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

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