#CDBA4C#CDBA4C

#CDBA4C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.131 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDBA4C
RGB	rgb(205, 186, 76)
HSL	hsl(51, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(51, 63%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 62.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.21, -6.25, 56.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.21, 56.91, 96.31°)
OKLab	oklab(78.42% -0.0216 0.129)
OKLCH	oklch(78.42% 0.131 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.0421, 48.6207, 13.9009)
Luminance	0.4862 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDBA4C #4C5FCD

analogous

#CD7A4C #CDBA4C #9FCD4C

triadic

#CDBA4C #4CCDBA #BA4CCD

tetradic

#CDBA4C #4CCD7A #4C5FCD #CD4C9F

square

#CDBA4C #4CCD7A #4C5FCD #CD4C9F

split-complementary

#CDBA4C #4C9FCD #7A4CCD

monochromatic

#7C6F23 #AC9A30 #CDBA4C #DACC7C #E8DFAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#CDBA4C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.72

#CDBA4C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDBA4C

10.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDBA4C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDBA4C	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)

#CBB53F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BC52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCADA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdba4c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 186, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.131 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfce83',
    500: '#cdba4c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdba4c;
$custom-light: #dfce83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdba4c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.163,
    "s": 56.332,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78421,
    "c": 0.13082,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.48619
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDBA4C

secondary

#9FA7D5

accent

#5EE048

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF9EF

border

#D5D2CA

text

#16130B

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDBA4C

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

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