#CDBA50#CDBA50

#CDBA50 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.128 H 99.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDBA50
RGB	rgb(205, 186, 80)
HSL	hsl(51, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(51, 61%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 61%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.25, -5.99, 54.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.25, 55.16, 96.23°)
OKLab	oklab(78.46% -0.0204 0.1259)
OKLCH	oklch(78.46% 0.128 99.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.1855, 48.6780, 14.6562)
Luminance	0.4868 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDBA50 #5063CD

analogous

#CD7B50 #CDBA50 #A1CD50

triadic

#CDBA50 #50CDBA #BA50CD

tetradic

#CDBA50 #50CD7B #5063CD #CD50A1

square

#CDBA50 #50CD7B #5063CD #CD50A1

split-complementary

#CDBA50 #50A1CD #7B50CD

monochromatic

#7E7124 #AE9B32 #CDBA50 #DBCD80 #E8E0AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#CDBA50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.74

#CDBA50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDBA50

10.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDBA50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDBA50	1.00	1.96	10.74	10.74
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB544

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BC55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCAEA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdba50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 186, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.128 99.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfce85',
    500: '#cdba50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdba50;
$custom-light: #dfce85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdba50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.88,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78461,
    "c": 0.12754,
    "h": 99.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.48676
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDBA50

secondary

#A2AAD6

accent

#60DF49

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF9EF

border

#D5D2CA

text

#16130B

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDBA50

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

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