#CDBA4F#CDBA4F

#CDBA4F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.128 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDBA4F
RGB	rgb(205, 186, 79)
HSL	hsl(51, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(51, 61%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 61.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.24, -6.06, 55.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.24, 55.60, 96.25°)
OKLab	oklab(78.45% -0.0207 0.1267)
OKLCH	oklch(78.45% 0.128 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.1488, 48.6634, 14.4631)
Luminance	0.4866 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDBA4F #4F62CD

analogous

#CD7B4F #CDBA4F #A1CD4F

triadic

#CDBA4F #4FCDBA #BA4FCD

tetradic

#CDBA4F #4FCD7B #4F62CD #CD4FA1

square

#CDBA4F #4FCD7B #4F62CD #CD4FA1

split-complementary

#CDBA4F #4FA1CD #7B4FCD

monochromatic

#7E7024 #AE9B31 #CDBA4F #DBCD7F #E8DFAE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#CDBA4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.73

#CDBA4F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDBA4F

10.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDBA4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDBA4F	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)

#CAB543

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BC54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCAEA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdba4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 186, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.128 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfce85',
    500: '#cdba4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdba4f;
$custom-light: #dfce85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdba4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.952,
    "s": 55.752,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78451,
    "c": 0.12837,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.48661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDBA4F

secondary

#A2AAD6

accent

#5FDF49

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF9EF

border

#D5D2CA

text

#16130B

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDBA4F

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

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