#CDB943#CDB943

#CDB943 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.137 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDB943
RGB	rgb(205, 185, 67)
HSL	hsl(51, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(51, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 67.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.88, -6.28, 60.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.88, 60.34, 95.97°)
OKLab	oklab(78.13% -0.0227 0.1349)
OKLCH	oklch(78.13% 0.137 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.5409, 48.0843, 12.2968)
Luminance	0.4808 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDB943 #4357CD

analogous

#CD7443 #CDB943 #9CCD43

triadic

#CDB943 #43CDB9 #B943CD

tetradic

#CDB943 #43CD74 #4357CD #CD439C

square

#CDB943 #43CD74 #4357CD #CD439C

split-complementary

#CDB943 #439CCD #7443CD

monochromatic

#766A1F #A7952C #CDB943 #DACB73 #E7DDA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#CDB943 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.62

#CDB943 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDB943

10.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDB943	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDB943	1.00	1.98	10.62	10.62
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB433

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BC4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCACA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdb943;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 185, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.137 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0cd7d',
    500: '#cdb943',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdb943;
$custom-light: #e0cd7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdb943",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.304,
    "s": 57.983,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7813,
    "c": 0.13682,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48082
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDB943

secondary

#98A1D4

accent

#5DE147

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDB943

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

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