#CDBA42#CDBA42

#CDBA42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.138 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDBA42
RGB	rgb(205, 186, 66)
HSL	hsl(52, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(52, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 67.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.13, -6.85, 60.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.13, 61.07, 96.44°)
OKLab	oklab(78.33% -0.0244 0.1362)
OKLCH	oklch(78.33% 0.138 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(43.7210, 48.4923, 12.2102)
Luminance	0.4849 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDBA42 #4255CD

analogous

#CD7542 #CDBA42 #9ACD42

triadic

#CDBA42 #42CDBA #BA42CD

tetradic

#CDBA42 #42CD75 #4255CD #CD429A

square

#CDBA42 #42CD75 #4255CD #CD429A

split-complementary

#CDBA42 #429ACD #7542CD

monochromatic

#766A1F #A6952C #CDBA42 #DACC72 #E7DDA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#CDBA42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.70

#CDBA42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDBA42

10.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDBA42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDBA42	1.00	1.96	10.70	10.70
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB532

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BC49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCADA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdba42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 186, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.138 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0ce7d',
    500: '#cdba42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdba42;
$custom-light: #e0ce7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdba42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.799,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78331,
    "c": 0.13836,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.4849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDBA42

secondary

#97A0D3

accent

#5CE146

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF9EE

border

#D5D2C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDBA42

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

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