#CDBA36#CDBA36

#CDBA36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.484; OKLCH L 78.2% C 0.146 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDBA36
RGB	rgb(205, 186, 54)
HSL	hsl(52, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(52, 74%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 73.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.05, -7.44, 65.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.05, 65.59, 96.52°)
OKLab	oklab(78.24% -0.0274 0.1435)
OKLCH	oklch(78.24% 0.146 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.4036, 48.3653, 10.5385)
Luminance	0.4836 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDBA36 #3649CD

analogous

#CD6E36 #CDBA36 #95CD36

triadic

#CDBA36 #36CDBA #BA36CD

tetradic

#CDBA36 #36CD6E #3649CD #CD3695

square

#CDBA36 #36CD6E #3649CD #CD3695

split-complementary

#CDBA36 #3695CD #6E36CD

monochromatic

#6D631B #9E8F27 #CDBA36 #D9CB67 #E5DC98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.97

#CDBA36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.67

#CDBA36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDBA36

10.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDBA36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDBA36	1.00	1.97	10.67	10.67
#FFFFFF	1.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB51E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BC3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDACA0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdba36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 186, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.2% 0.146 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0ce76',
    500: '#cdba36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdba36;
$custom-light: #e0ce76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdba36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.45,
    "s": 60.159,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78243,
    "c": 0.14612,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48363
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDBA36

secondary

#8E96D1

accent

#58E344

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF9EE

border

#D5D2C9

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDBA36

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

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