#CDB94B#CDB94B

#CDB94B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.131 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDB94B
RGB	rgb(205, 185, 75)
HSL	hsl(51, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(51, 63%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 63.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.94, -5.80, 56.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.94, 57.00, 95.84°)
OKLab	oklab(78.2% -0.0204 0.1292)
OKLCH	oklch(78.2% 0.131 99)
XYZ	xyz(43.7976, 48.1870, 13.6493)
Luminance	0.4819 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDB94B #4B5FCD

analogous

#CD784B #CDB94B #A0CD4B

triadic

#CDB94B #4BCDB9 #B94BCD

tetradic

#CDB94B #4BCD78 #4B5FCD #CD4BA0

square

#CDB94B #4BCD78 #4B5FCD #CD4BA0

split-complementary

#CDB94B #4BA0CD #784BCD

monochromatic

#7B6E22 #AB9830 #CDB94B #DACC7B #E8DEAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#CDB94B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.64

#CDB94B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDB94B

10.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDB94B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDB94B	1.00	1.97	10.64	10.64
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB43E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBC51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCACA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdb94b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 185, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.131 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfcd82',
    500: '#cdb94b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdb94b;
$custom-light: #dfcd82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdb94b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.769,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78202,
    "c": 0.13078,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.48185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDB94B

secondary

#9FA7D5

accent

#5FE048

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF9EF

border

#D5D2CA

text

#16130B

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDB94B

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

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