#CDB954#CDB954

#CDB954 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.123 H 98.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDB954
RGB	rgb(205, 185, 84)
HSL	hsl(50, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(50, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 59%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.03, -5.19, 52.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.03, 53.02, 95.62°)
OKLab	oklab(78.3% -0.0176 0.122)
OKLCH	oklch(78.3% 0.123 98.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.1278, 48.3191, 15.3879)
Luminance	0.4832 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDB954 #5468CD

analogous

#CD7D54 #CDB954 #A4CD54

triadic

#CDB954 #54CDB9 #B954CD

tetradic

#CDB954 #54CD7D #5468CD #CD54A4

square

#CDB954 #54CD7D #5468CD #CD54A4

split-complementary

#CDB954 #54A4CD #7D54CD

monochromatic

#817226 #B09C34 #CDB954 #DBCC83 #E9E0B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#CDB954 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.66

#CDB954 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDB954

10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDB954	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDB954	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)

#C9B54A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBC59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCADA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdb954;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 185, 84);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.123 98.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfcd88',
    500: '#cdb954',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdb954;
$custom-light: #dfcd88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdb954",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 84
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.083,
    "s": 54.751,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78295,
    "c": 0.12328,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.48317
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDB954

secondary

#A6AED7

accent

#62DE4A

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF9F0

border

#D5D2CB

text

#16130C

muted

#84827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDB954

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

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