#CDBA49#CDBA49

#CDBA49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.133 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDBA49
RGB	rgb(205, 186, 73)
HSL	hsl(51, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(51, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 64.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.19, -6.44, 57.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.19, 58.19, 96.36°)
OKLab	oklab(78.39% -0.0225 0.1313)
OKLCH	oklch(78.39% 0.133 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.9402, 48.5799, 13.3644)
Luminance	0.4858 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDBA49 #495CCD

analogous

#CD7849 #CDBA49 #9ECD49

triadic

#CDBA49 #49CDBA #BA49CD

tetradic

#CDBA49 #49CD78 #495CCD #CD499E

square

#CDBA49 #49CD78 #495CCD #CD499E

split-complementary

#CDBA49 #499ECD #7849CD

monochromatic

#7A6D22 #AA982F #CDBA49 #DACC79 #E7DEA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#CDBA49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.72

#CDBA49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDBA49

10.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDBA49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDBA49	1.00	1.96	10.72	10.72
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB53B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BC4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCADA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdba49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 186, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.133 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfce81',
    500: '#cdba49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdba49;
$custom-light: #dfce81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdba49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.364,
    "s": 56.897,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78392,
    "c": 0.13318,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48578
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDBA49

secondary

#9DA5D5

accent

#5EE048

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF9EF

border

#D5D2CA

text

#16130B

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDBA49

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

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