#CDBA2E#CDBA2E

#CDBA2E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.483; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.150 H 101.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDBA2E
RGB	rgb(205, 186, 46)
HSL	hsl(53, 63%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(53, 78%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 77.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.01, -7.77, 67.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.01, 68.25, 96.53°)
OKLab	oklab(78.2% -0.029 0.1476)
OKLCH	oklch(78.2% 0.15 101.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.2310, 48.2962, 9.6292)
Luminance	0.4829 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDBA2E #2E41CD

analogous

#CD6B2E #CDBA2E #91CD2E

triadic

#CDBA2E #2ECDBA #BA2ECD

tetradic

#CDBA2E #2ECD6B #2E41CD #CD2E91

square

#CDBA2E #2ECD6B #2E41CD #CD2E91

split-complementary

#CDBA2E #2E91CD #6B2ECD

monochromatic

#695F18 #9B8D23 #CDBA2E #DBCC5D #E6DC8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#CDBA2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.66

#CDBA2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDBA2E

10.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDBA2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDBA2E	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)

#CCB409

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BC39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDACA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdba2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 186, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.150 101.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0ce73',
    500: '#cdba2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdba2e;
$custom-light: #e0ce73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdba2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.83,
    "s": 63.347,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78195,
    "c": 0.15047,
    "h": 101.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDBA2E

secondary

#868FD0

accent

#55E641

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF9ED

border

#D5D2C8

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDBA2E

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

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