#CDBA4B#CDBA4B

#CDBA4B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.132 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDBA4B
RGB	rgb(205, 186, 75)
HSL	hsl(51, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(51, 63%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 63.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.21, -6.32, 56.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.21, 57.34, 96.33°)
OKLab	oklab(78.41% -0.0219 0.1298)
OKLCH	oklch(78.41% 0.132 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.0076, 48.6069, 13.7193)
Luminance	0.4860 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDBA4B #4B5ECD

analogous

#CD794B #CDBA4B #9FCD4B

triadic

#CDBA4B #4BCDBA #BA4BCD

tetradic

#CDBA4B #4BCD79 #4B5ECD #CD4B9F

square

#CDBA4B #4BCD79 #4B5ECD #CD4B9F

split-complementary

#CDBA4B #4B9FCD #794BCD

monochromatic

#7B6E22 #AB9930 #CDBA4B #DACC7B #E8DFAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#CDBA4B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.72

#CDBA4B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDBA4B

10.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDBA4B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDBA4B	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)

#CBB53E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BC51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCADA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdba4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 186, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.132 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfce82',
    500: '#cdba4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdba4b;
$custom-light: #dfce82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdba4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.231,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78411,
    "c": 0.13161,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48605
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDBA4B

secondary

#9FA7D5

accent

#5EE048

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF9EF

border

#D5D2CA

text

#16130B

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDBA4B

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

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