#CDB962#CDB962

#CDB962 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.110 H 96.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDB962
RGB	rgb(205, 185, 98)
HSL	hsl(49, 52%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(49, 52%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 52.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.18, -4.08, 46.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.18, 46.47, 95.04°)
OKLab	oklab(78.46% -0.0128 0.1095)
OKLCH	oklch(78.46% 0.11 96.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.7319, 48.5607, 18.5698)
Luminance	0.4856 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDB962 #6276CD

analogous

#CD8462 #CDB962 #ACCD62

triadic

#CDB962 #62CDB9 #B962CD

tetradic

#CDB962 #62CD84 #6276CD #CD62AC

square

#CDB962 #62CD84 #6276CD #CD62AC

split-complementary

#CDB962 #62ACCD #8462CD

monochromatic

#89782C #B7A03A #CDB962 #DCCE90 #EBE2BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#CDB962 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.71

#CDB962 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDB962

10.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDB962	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDB962	1.00	1.96	10.71	10.71
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C8B55A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBC66

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBAEA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdb962;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 185, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.110 96.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#decd91',
    500: '#cdb962',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdb962;
$custom-light: #decd91;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdb962",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.785,
    "s": 51.691,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78464,
    "c": 0.11026,
    "h": 96.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48559
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDB962

secondary

#B1B8DA

accent

#67DB4D

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FBF9F1

border

#D4D2CB

text

#15130D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDB962

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

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