#CDB947#CDB947

#CDB947 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.134 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDB947
RGB	rgb(205, 185, 71)
HSL	hsl(51, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(51, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 65.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.91, -6.05, 58.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.91, 58.69, 95.91°)
OKLab	oklab(78.16% -0.0216 0.1321)
OKLCH	oklch(78.16% 0.134 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.6650, 48.1340, 12.9508)
Luminance	0.4813 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDB947 #475BCD

analogous

#CD7647 #CDB947 #9ECD47

triadic

#CDB947 #47CDB9 #B947CD

tetradic

#CDB947 #47CD76 #475BCD #CD479E

square

#CDB947 #47CD76 #475BCD #CD479E

split-complementary

#CDB947 #479ECD #7647CD

monochromatic

#796C21 #A9972E #CDB947 #DACB77 #E7DEA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#CDB947 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.63

#CDB947 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDB947

10.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDB947	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDB947	1.00	1.98	10.63	10.63
#FFFFFF	1.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB439

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BC4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCACA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdb947;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 185, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.134 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0cd80',
    500: '#cdb947',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdb947;
$custom-light: #e0cd80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdb947",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.045,
    "s": 57.265,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78165,
    "c": 0.13388,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48132
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDB947

secondary

#9BA4D4

accent

#5EE147

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDB947

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

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