#CDB949#CDB949

#CDB949 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.132 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDB949
RGB	rgb(205, 185, 73)
HSL	hsl(51, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(51, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 64.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.93, -5.92, 57.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.93, 57.85, 95.88°)
OKLab	oklab(78.18% -0.021 0.1307)
OKLCH	oklch(78.18% 0.132 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.7303, 48.1601, 13.2944)
Luminance	0.4816 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDB949 #495DCD

analogous

#CD7749 #CDB949 #9FCD49

triadic

#CDB949 #49CDB9 #B949CD

tetradic

#CDB949 #49CD77 #495DCD #CD499F

square

#CDB949 #49CD77 #495DCD #CD499F

split-complementary

#CDB949 #499FCD #7749CD

monochromatic

#7A6D22 #AA972F #CDB949 #DACB79 #E7DEA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.98

#CDB949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.63

#CDB949 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDB949

10.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDB949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDB949	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)

#CAB43B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBC4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCACA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdb949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 185, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.132 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfcd81',
    500: '#cdb949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdb949;
$custom-light: #dfcd81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdb949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.909,
    "s": 56.897,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78184,
    "c": 0.13235,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDB949

secondary

#9DA5D5

accent

#5FE048

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF9EF

border

#D5D2CA

text

#16130B

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDB949

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

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