#CDBA4E#CDBA4E

#CDBA4E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.486; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.129 H 99.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDBA4E
RGB	rgb(205, 186, 78)
HSL	hsl(51, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(51, 62%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 62%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.23, -6.12, 55.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.23, 56.04, 96.27°)
OKLab	oklab(78.44% -0.021 0.1275)
OKLCH	oklch(78.44% 0.129 99.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.1127, 48.6489, 14.2728)
Luminance	0.4865 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDBA4E #4E61CD

analogous

#CD7B4E #CDBA4E #A0CD4E

triadic

#CDBA4E #4ECDBA #BA4ECD

tetradic

#CDBA4E #4ECD7B #4E61CD #CD4EA0

square

#CDBA4E #4ECD7B #4E61CD #CD4EA0

split-complementary

#CDBA4E #4EA0CD #7B4ECD

monochromatic

#7D7023 #AD9A31 #CDBA4E #DACD7E #E8DFAD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#CDBA4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.73

#CDBA4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDBA4E

10.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDBA4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDBA4E	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)

#CBB542

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BC54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCADA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdba4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 186, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.129 99.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfce84',
    500: '#cdba4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdba4e;
$custom-light: #dfce84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdba4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.024,
    "s": 55.947,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7844,
    "c": 0.1292,
    "h": 99.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48647
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDBA4E

secondary

#A1A9D6

accent

#5FDF49

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF9EF

border

#D5D2CA

text

#16130B

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDBA4E

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

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