#CDB94A#CDB94A

#CDB94A 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	#CDB94A
RGB	rgb(205, 185, 74)
HSL	hsl(51, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(51, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 63.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.93, -5.86, 57.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.93, 57.43, 95.86°)
OKLab	oklab(78.19% -0.0207 0.1299)
OKLCH	oklch(78.19% 0.132 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.7637, 48.1734, 13.4704)
Luminance	0.4817 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDB94A #4A5ECD

analogous

#CD784A #CDB94A #9FCD4A

triadic

#CDB94A #4ACDB9 #B94ACD

tetradic

#CDB94A #4ACD78 #4A5ECD #CD4A9F

square

#CDB94A #4ACD78 #4A5ECD #CD4A9F

split-complementary

#CDB94A #4A9FCD #784ACD

monochromatic

#7B6D22 #AB982F #CDB94A #DACC7A #E7DEAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#CDB94A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.63

#CDB94A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDB94A

10.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDB94A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDB94A	1.00	1.97	10.63	10.63
#FFFFFF	1.97	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)

#CAB43D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBC50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCACA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdb94a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 185, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.132 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfcd81',
    500: '#cdb94a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdb94a;
$custom-light: #dfcd81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdb94a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.84,
    "s": 56.71,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78193,
    "c": 0.13157,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48171
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDB94A

secondary

#9EA6D5

accent

#5FE048

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF9EF

border

#D5D2CA

text

#16130B

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDB94A

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

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