#CDB944#CDB944

#CDB944 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.136 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDB944
RGB	rgb(205, 185, 68)
HSL	hsl(51, 58%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(51, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 66.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.89, -6.22, 59.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.89, 59.93, 95.96°)
OKLab	oklab(78.14% -0.0224 0.1343)
OKLCH	oklch(78.14% 0.136 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(43.5711, 48.0964, 12.4562)
Luminance	0.4809 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDB944 #4458CD

analogous

#CD7444 #CDB944 #9CCD44

triadic

#CDB944 #44CDB9 #B944CD

tetradic

#CDB944 #44CD74 #4458CD #CD449C

square

#CDB944 #44CD74 #4458CD #CD449C

split-complementary

#CDB944 #449CCD #7444CD

monochromatic

#776A20 #A7952D #CDB944 #DACB74 #E7DDA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#CDB944 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.62

#CDB944 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDB944

10.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDB944	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDB944	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)

#CAB435

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BC4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCACA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdb944;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 185, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.136 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0cd7e',
    500: '#cdb944',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdb944;
$custom-light: #e0cd7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdb944",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.241,
    "s": 57.806,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78139,
    "c": 0.13611,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48094
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDB944

secondary

#99A2D4

accent

#5DE147

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF8EE

border

#D5D1C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDB944

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

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