#CDB953#CDB953

#CDB953 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.124 H 98.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDB953
RGB	rgb(205, 185, 83)
HSL	hsl(50, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(50, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 59.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.02, -5.26, 53.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.02, 53.47, 95.65°)
OKLab	oklab(78.28% -0.0179 0.1228)
OKLCH	oklch(78.28% 0.124 98.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.0889, 48.3035, 15.1831)
Luminance	0.4830 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDB953 #5367CD

analogous

#CD7C53 #CDB953 #A4CD53

triadic

#CDB953 #53CDB9 #B953CD

tetradic

#CDB953 #53CD7C #5367CD #CD53A4

square

#CDB953 #53CD7C #5367CD #CD53A4

split-complementary

#CDB953 #53A4CD #7C53CD

monochromatic

#807125 #B09B33 #CDB953 #DBCC82 #E9E0B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#CDB953 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.66

#CDB953 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDB953

10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDB953	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDB953	1.00	1.97	10.66	10.66
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B548

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBC58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCADA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdb953;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 185, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.124 98.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfcd87',
    500: '#cdb953',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdb953;
$custom-light: #dfcd87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdb953",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.164,
    "s": 54.955,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78284,
    "c": 0.12414,
    "h": 98.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48302
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDB953

secondary

#A5ADD7

accent

#62DE4A

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF9F0

border

#D5D2CB

text

#16130B

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDB953

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

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