#CDB960#CDB960

#CDB960 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.112 H 96.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDB960
RGB	rgb(205, 185, 96)
HSL	hsl(49, 52%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(49, 53%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 53.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.15, -4.25, 47.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.15, 47.43, 95.14°)
OKLab	oklab(78.44% -0.0135 0.1114)
OKLCH	oklch(78.44% 0.112 96.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.6387, 48.5234, 18.0787)
Luminance	0.4852 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDB960 #6074CD

analogous

#CD8360 #CDB960 #ABCD60

triadic

#CDB960 #60CDB9 #B960CD

tetradic

#CDB960 #60CD83 #6074CD #CD60AB

square

#CDB960 #60CD83 #6074CD #CD60AB

split-complementary

#CDB960 #60ABCD #8360CD

monochromatic

#88772B #B69F39 #CDB960 #DCCD8F #EAE2BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#CDB960 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.70

#CDB960 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDB960

10.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDB960	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDB960	1.00	1.96	10.70	10.70
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B558

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBC64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBAEA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdb960;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 185, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.112 96.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#decd8f',
    500: '#cdb960',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdb960;
$custom-light: #decd8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdb960",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.991,
    "s": 52.153,
    "l": 59.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78438,
    "c": 0.11221,
    "h": 96.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48522
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDB960

secondary

#AFB7DA

accent

#67DC4C

background

#FDFCF8

surface

#FBF9F0

border

#D4D2CB

text

#15130D

muted

#83827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDB960

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

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