#CDBA43#CDBA43

#CDBA43 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.138 H 100.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDBA43
RGB	rgb(205, 186, 67)
HSL	hsl(52, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(52, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 67.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.14, -6.79, 60.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.14, 60.67, 96.43°)
OKLab	oklab(78.34% -0.0242 0.1355)
OKLCH	oklch(78.34% 0.138 100.1)
XYZ	xyz(43.7508, 48.5042, 12.3668)
Luminance	0.4850 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDBA43 #4356CD

analogous

#CD7543 #CDBA43 #9BCD43

triadic

#CDBA43 #43CDBA #BA43CD

tetradic

#CDBA43 #43CD75 #4356CD #CD439B

square

#CDBA43 #43CD75 #4356CD #CD439B

split-complementary

#CDBA43 #439BCD #7543CD

monochromatic

#766A1F #A7962C #CDBA43 #DACC73 #E7DDA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#CDBA43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.70

#CDBA43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDBA43

10.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDBA43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDBA43	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)

#CBB533

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BC4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCADA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdba43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 186, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.138 100.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0ce7d',
    500: '#cdba43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdba43;
$custom-light: #e0ce7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdba43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.739,
    "s": 57.983,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7834,
    "c": 0.13765,
    "h": 100.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.48502
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDBA43

secondary

#98A0D4

accent

#5CE147

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF9EE

border

#D5D2C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDBA43

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

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