#CDB942#CDB942

#CDB942 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.138 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDB942
RGB	rgb(205, 185, 66)
HSL	hsl(51, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(51, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 67.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.87, -6.33, 60.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.87, 60.74, 95.98°)
OKLab	oklab(78.12% -0.023 0.1356)
OKLCH	oklch(78.12% 0.138 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.5111, 48.0724, 12.1402)
Luminance	0.4807 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDB942 #4256CD

analogous

#CD7342 #CDB942 #9BCD42

triadic

#CDB942 #42CDB9 #B942CD

tetradic

#CDB942 #42CD73 #4256CD #CD429B

square

#CDB942 #42CD73 #4256CD #CD429B

split-complementary

#CDB942 #429BCD #7342CD

monochromatic

#76691F #A6942C #CDB942 #DACB72 #E7DDA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#CDB942 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.61

#CDB942 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDB942

10.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDB942	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDB942	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)

#CAB432

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BB49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDACA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdb942;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 185, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.138 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0cd7d',
    500: '#cdb942',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdb942;
$custom-light: #e0cd7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdb942",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.367,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78122,
    "c": 0.13754,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.4807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDB942

secondary

#97A0D3

accent

#5DE146

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDB942

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

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