#CDBA4D#CDBA4D

#CDBA4D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.130 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDBA4D
RGB	rgb(205, 186, 77)
HSL	hsl(51, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(51, 62%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 62.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.22, -6.19, 56.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.22, 56.47, 96.29°)
OKLab	oklab(78.43% -0.0213 0.1283)
OKLCH	oklch(78.43% 0.13 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.0771, 48.6347, 14.0854)
Luminance	0.4863 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDBA4D #4D60CD

analogous

#CD7A4D #CDBA4D #A0CD4D

triadic

#CDBA4D #4DCDBA #BA4DCD

tetradic

#CDBA4D #4DCD7A #4D60CD #CD4DA0

square

#CDBA4D #4DCD7A #4D60CD #CD4DA0

split-complementary

#CDBA4D #4DA0CD #7A4DCD

monochromatic

#7D6F23 #AC9A30 #CDBA4D #DACD7D #E8DFAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#CDBA4D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.73

#CDBA4D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDBA4D

10.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDBA4D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDBA4D	1.00	1.96	10.73	10.73
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB541

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BC53

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCADA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdba4d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 186, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.130 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfce83',
    500: '#cdba4d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdba4d;
$custom-light: #dfce83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdba4d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.094,
    "s": 56.14,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78431,
    "c": 0.13001,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48633
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDBA4D

secondary

#A0A8D6

accent

#5FDF48

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF9EF

border

#D5D2CA

text

#16130B

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDBA4D

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

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