#CDB945#CDB945

#CDB945 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 78.1% C 0.135 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDB945
RGB	rgb(205, 185, 69)
HSL	hsl(51, 58%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(51, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 66.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.89, -6.16, 59.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.89, 59.52, 95.94°)
OKLab	oklab(78.15% -0.0221 0.1336)
OKLCH	oklch(78.15% 0.135 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(43.6019, 48.1087, 12.6183)
Luminance	0.4811 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDB945 #4559CD

analogous

#CD7545 #CDB945 #9DCD45

triadic

#CDB945 #45CDB9 #B945CD

tetradic

#CDB945 #45CD75 #4559CD #CD459D

square

#CDB945 #45CD75 #4559CD #CD459D

split-complementary

#CDB945 #459DCD #7545CD

monochromatic

#776B20 #A8962D #CDB945 #DACB75 #E7DDA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#CDB945 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.62

#CDB945 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDB945

10.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDB945	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDB945	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)

#CAB436

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BC4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCACA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdb945;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 185, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.1% 0.135 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0cd7e',
    500: '#cdb945',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdb945;
$custom-light: #e0cd7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdb945",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.176,
    "s": 57.627,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78148,
    "c": 0.13537,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48107
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDB945

secondary

#9AA2D4

accent

#5EE147

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDB945

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

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