#CDBA47#CDBA47

#CDBA47 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.135 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDBA47
RGB	rgb(205, 186, 71)
HSL	hsl(51, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(51, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 65.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.17, -6.56, 58.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.17, 59.03, 96.38°)
OKLab	oklab(78.37% -0.0231 0.1327)
OKLCH	oklch(78.37% 0.135 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.8749, 48.5538, 13.0208)
Luminance	0.4855 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDBA47 #475ACD

analogous

#CD7747 #CDBA47 #9DCD47

triadic

#CDBA47 #47CDBA #BA47CD

tetradic

#CDBA47 #47CD77 #475ACD #CD479D

square

#CDBA47 #47CD77 #475ACD #CD479D

split-complementary

#CDBA47 #479DCD #7747CD

monochromatic

#796C21 #A9972E #CDBA47 #DACC77 #E7DEA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#CDBA47 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.71

#CDBA47 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDBA47

10.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDBA47	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDBA47	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)

#CBB539

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BC4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCADA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdba47;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 186, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.135 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0ce80',
    500: '#cdba47',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdba47;
$custom-light: #e0ce80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdba47",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.493,
    "s": 57.265,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78374,
    "c": 0.13471,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48552
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDBA47

secondary

#9BA3D4

accent

#5DE147

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF9EF

border

#D5D2CA

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDBA47

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

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