#CDBA4A#CDBA4A

#CDBA4A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.132 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDBA4A
RGB	rgb(205, 186, 74)
HSL	hsl(51, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(51, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 63.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.20, -6.38, 57.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.20, 57.76, 96.34°)
OKLab	oklab(78.4% -0.0222 0.1305)
OKLCH	oklch(78.4% 0.132 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.9736, 48.5933, 13.5404)
Luminance	0.4859 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDBA4A #4A5DCD

analogous

#CD794A #CDBA4A #9ECD4A

triadic

#CDBA4A #4ACDBA #BA4ACD

tetradic

#CDBA4A #4ACD79 #4A5DCD #CD4A9E

square

#CDBA4A #4ACD79 #4A5DCD #CD4A9E

split-complementary

#CDBA4A #4A9ECD #794ACD

monochromatic

#7B6E22 #AB992F #CDBA4A #DACC7A #E7DFAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#CDBA4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.72

#CDBA4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDBA4A

10.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDBA4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDBA4A	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)

#CBB53D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BC50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCADA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdba4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 186, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.132 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfce81',
    500: '#cdba4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdba4a;
$custom-light: #dfce81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdba4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.298,
    "s": 56.71,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78402,
    "c": 0.1324,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48591
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDBA4A

secondary

#9EA6D5

accent

#5EE048

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF9EF

border

#D5D2CA

text

#16130B

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDBA4A

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

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