#CDBA45#CDBA45

#CDBA45 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.136 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDBA45
RGB	rgb(205, 186, 69)
HSL	hsl(52, 58%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(52, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 66.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.16, -6.68, 59.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.16, 59.85, 96.41°)
OKLab	oklab(78.36% -0.0236 0.1341)
OKLCH	oklch(78.36% 0.136 100)
XYZ	xyz(43.8118, 48.5286, 12.6883)
Luminance	0.4853 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDBA45 #4558CD

analogous

#CD7645 #CDBA45 #9CCD45

triadic

#CDBA45 #45CDBA #BA45CD

tetradic

#CDBA45 #45CD76 #4558CD #CD459C

square

#CDBA45 #45CD76 #4558CD #CD459C

split-complementary

#CDBA45 #459CCD #7645CD

monochromatic

#776B20 #A8972D #CDBA45 #DACC75 #E7DEA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#CDBA45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.71

#CDBA45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDBA45

10.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDBA45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDBA45	1.00	1.96	10.71	10.71
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB536

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BC4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCADA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdba45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 186, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.136 100.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0ce7f',
    500: '#cdba45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdba45;
$custom-light: #e0ce7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdba45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.618,
    "s": 57.627,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78357,
    "c": 0.13619,
    "h": 100
  },
  "luminance": 0.48527
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDBA45

secondary

#9AA2D4

accent

#5CE147

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF9EF

border

#D5D2CA

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDBA45

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

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