#CDB94D#CDB94D

#CDB94D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.129 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDB94D
RGB	rgb(205, 185, 77)
HSL	hsl(51, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(51, 62%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 62.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.96, -5.67, 55.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.96, 56.13, 95.80°)
OKLab	oklab(78.22% -0.0198 0.1277)
OKLCH	oklch(78.22% 0.129 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.8672, 48.2148, 14.0155)
Luminance	0.4821 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDB94D #4D61CD

analogous

#CD794D #CDB94D #A1CD4D

triadic

#CDB94D #4DCDB9 #B94DCD

tetradic

#CDB94D #4DCD79 #4D61CD #CD4DA1

square

#CDB94D #4DCD79 #4D61CD #CD4DA1

split-complementary

#CDB94D #4DA1CD #794DCD

monochromatic

#7D6F23 #AC9930 #CDB94D #DACC7D #E8DFAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#CDB94D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.64

#CDB94D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDB94D

10.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDB94D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDB94D	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)

#CAB441

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBC53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCACA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B8B8B8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdb94d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 185, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.129 98.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfcd83',
    500: '#cdb94d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdb94d;
$custom-light: #dfcd83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdb94d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.625,
    "s": 56.14,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78222,
    "c": 0.12918,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDB94D

secondary

#A0A9D6

accent

#60DF48

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF9EF

border

#D5D2CA

text

#16130B

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDB94D

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

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