#CDBA3F#CDBA3F

#CDBA3F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.140 H 100.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDBA3F
RGB	rgb(205, 186, 63)
HSL	hsl(52, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(52, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 69.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.11, -7.01, 61.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.11, 62.25, 96.47°)
OKLab	oklab(78.31% -0.0252 0.1382)
OKLCH	oklch(78.31% 0.14 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.6349, 48.4578, 11.7565)
Luminance	0.4846 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDBA3F #3F52CD

analogous

#CD733F #CDBA3F #99CD3F

triadic

#CDBA3F #3FCDBA #BA3FCD

tetradic

#CDBA3F #3FCD73 #3F52CD #CD3F99

square

#CDBA3F #3FCD73 #3F52CD #CD3F99

split-complementary

#CDBA3F #3F99CD #733FCD

monochromatic

#74681E #A4942B #CDBA3F #DACB70 #E6DDA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#CDBA3F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.69

#CDBA3F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDBA3F

10.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDBA3F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDBA3F	1.00	1.96	10.69	10.69
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB52D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BC46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDADA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdba3f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 186, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.140 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0ce7b',
    500: '#cdba3f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdba3f;
$custom-light: #e0ce7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdba3f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.972,
    "s": 58.678,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78307,
    "c": 0.14043,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48456
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDBA3F

secondary

#959DD3

accent

#5BE246

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF9EE

border

#D5D2C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDBA3F

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

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