#CDB94E#CDB94E

#CDB94E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.482; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.128 H 98.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDB94E
RGB	rgb(205, 185, 78)
HSL	hsl(51, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(51, 62%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 62%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.97, -5.60, 55.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.97, 55.70, 95.77°)
OKLab	oklab(78.23% -0.0195 0.1269)
OKLCH	oklch(78.23% 0.128 98.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.9028, 48.2291, 14.2029)
Luminance	0.4823 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDB94E #4E62CD

analogous

#CD794E #CDB94E #A1CD4E

triadic

#CDB94E #4ECDB9 #B94ECD

tetradic

#CDB94E #4ECD79 #4E62CD #CD4EA1

square

#CDB94E #4ECD79 #4E62CD #CD4EA1

split-complementary

#CDB94E #4EA1CD #794ECD

monochromatic

#7D6F23 #AD9931 #CDB94E #DACC7E #E8DFAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#CDB94E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.65

#CDB94E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDB94E

10.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDB94E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDB94E	1.00	1.97	10.65	10.65
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB442

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBC53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCACA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdb94e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 185, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.128 98.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfcd84',
    500: '#cdb94e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdb94e;
$custom-light: #dfcd84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdb94e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.551,
    "s": 55.947,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78232,
    "c": 0.12836,
    "h": 98.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48227
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDB94E

secondary

#A1A9D6

accent

#60DF49

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF9EF

border

#D5D2CA

text

#16130B

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDB94E

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

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