#CDBA48#CDBA48

#CDBA48 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.134 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDBA48
RGB	rgb(205, 186, 72)
HSL	hsl(51, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(51, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 64.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.18, -6.50, 58.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.18, 58.61, 96.37°)
OKLab	oklab(78.38% -0.0228 0.132)
OKLCH	oklch(78.38% 0.134 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.9073, 48.5668, 13.1912)
Luminance	0.4857 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDBA48 #485BCD

analogous

#CD7848 #CDBA48 #9DCD48

triadic

#CDBA48 #48CDBA #BA48CD

tetradic

#CDBA48 #48CD78 #485BCD #CD489D

square

#CDBA48 #48CD78 #485BCD #CD489D

split-complementary

#CDBA48 #489DCD #7848CD

monochromatic

#796D21 #A9982E #CDBA48 #DACC78 #E7DEA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#CDBA48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.71

#CDBA48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDBA48

10.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDBA48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDBA48	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)

#CBB53A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BC4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCADA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdba48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 186, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.134 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfce80',
    500: '#cdba48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdba48;
$custom-light: #dfce80;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdba48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 57.082,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78383,
    "c": 0.13395,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48565
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDBA48

secondary

#9CA4D5

accent

#5DE047

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF9EF

border

#D5D2CA

text

#16130B

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDBA48

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

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