#CDB970#CDB970

#CDB970 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.096 H 94.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDB970
RGB	rgb(205, 185, 112)
HSL	hsl(47, 48%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(47, 45%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.8%, 45.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.36, -2.78, 39.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.36, 39.61, 94.03°)
OKLab	oklab(78.66% -0.0076 0.0955)
OKLCH	oklch(78.66% 0.096 94.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.4517, 48.8486, 22.3606)
Luminance	0.4885 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDB970 #7084CD

analogous

#CD8B70 #CDB970 #B3CD70

triadic

#CDB970 #70CDB9 #B970CD

tetradic

#CDB970 #70CD8B #7084CD #CD70B3

square

#CDB970 #70CD8B #7084CD #CD70B3

split-complementary

#CDB970 #70B3CD #8B70CD

monochromatic

#907C32 #BDA343 #CDB970 #DDCF9D #EDE5CB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#CDB970 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.77

#CDB970 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDB970

10.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDB970	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDB970	1.00	1.95	10.77	10.77
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B66A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCBC73

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAAFA7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdb970;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 185, 112);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.096 94.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#decd9a',
    500: '#cdb970',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdb970;
$custom-light: #decd9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdb970",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 112
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.097,
    "s": 48.187,
    "l": 62.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78664,
    "c": 0.09584,
    "h": 94.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48847
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDB970

secondary

#BBC3DD

accent

#49BB2A

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FBF9F2

border

#D4D2CC

text

#15130E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDB970

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

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