#CDBA40#CDBA40

#CDBA40 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	#CDBA40
RGB	rgb(205, 186, 64)
HSL	hsl(52, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(52, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 68.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.12, -6.96, 61.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.12, 61.86, 96.46°)
OKLab	oklab(78.32% -0.025 0.1375)
OKLCH	oklch(78.32% 0.14 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(43.6631, 48.4691, 11.9051)
Luminance	0.4847 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDBA40 #4053CD

analogous

#CD7440 #CDBA40 #99CD40

triadic

#CDBA40 #40CDBA #BA40CD

tetradic

#CDBA40 #40CD74 #4053CD #CD4099

square

#CDBA40 #40CD74 #4053CD #CD4099

split-complementary

#CDBA40 #4099CD #7440CD

monochromatic

#74691E #A5942B #CDBA40 #DACC71 #E6DDA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#CDBA40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.69

#CDBA40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDBA40

10.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDBA40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDBA40	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)

#CBB52F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BC47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDADA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdba40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 186, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.140 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0ce7c',
    500: '#cdba40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdba40;
$custom-light: #e0ce7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdba40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.915,
    "s": 58.506,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78315,
    "c": 0.13975,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48467
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDBA40

secondary

#969ED3

accent

#5BE246

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF9EE

border

#D5D2C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDBA40

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

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