#CDB950#CDB950

#CDB950 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.127 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDB950
RGB	rgb(205, 185, 80)
HSL	hsl(50, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(50, 61%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 61%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(74.99, -5.47, 54.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(74.99, 54.81, 95.73°)
OKLab	oklab(78.25% -0.0189 0.1253)
OKLCH	oklch(78.25% 0.127 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.9755, 48.2582, 14.5862)
Luminance	0.4826 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDB950 #5064CD

analogous

#CD7A50 #CDB950 #A2CD50

triadic

#CDB950 #50CDB9 #B950CD

tetradic

#CDB950 #50CD7A #5064CD #CD50A2

square

#CDB950 #50CD7A #5064CD #CD50A2

split-complementary

#CDB950 #50A2CD #7A50CD

monochromatic

#7E7024 #AE9A32 #CDB950 #DBCC80 #E8DFAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#CDB950 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.65

#CDB950 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDB950

10.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDB950	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDB950	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)

#C9B545

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBC55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCADA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdb950;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 185, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.127 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfcd85',
    500: '#cdb950',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdb950;
$custom-light: #dfcd85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdb950",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.4,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78252,
    "c": 0.1267,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48256
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDB950

secondary

#A2ABD6

accent

#61DF49

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF9EF

border

#D5D2CA

text

#16130B

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDB950

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

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