#CDB948#CDB948

#CDB948 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.481; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.133 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDB948
RGB	rgb(205, 185, 72)
HSL	hsl(51, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(51, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 64.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.92, -5.98, 57.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.92, 58.28, 95.89°)
OKLab	oklab(78.17% -0.0213 0.1314)
OKLCH	oklch(78.17% 0.133 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.6974, 48.1469, 13.1212)
Luminance	0.4814 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDB948 #485CCD

analogous

#CD7648 #CDB948 #9FCD48

triadic

#CDB948 #48CDB9 #B948CD

tetradic

#CDB948 #48CD76 #485CCD #CD489F

square

#CDB948 #48CD76 #485CCD #CD489F

split-complementary

#CDB948 #489FCD #7648CD

monochromatic

#796C21 #A9972E #CDB948 #DACB78 #E7DEA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#CDB948 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.63

#CDB948 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDB948

10.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDB948	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDB948	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)

#CAB43A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBC4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCACA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdb948;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 185, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.133 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfcd80',
    500: '#cdb948',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdb948;
$custom-light: #dfcd80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdb948",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.977,
    "s": 57.082,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78174,
    "c": 0.13313,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.48145
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDB948

secondary

#9CA5D5

accent

#5EE047

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF8EF

border

#D5D1CA

text

#16130B

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDB948

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

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