#CDBA52#CDBA52

#CDBA52 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.126 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDBA52
RGB	rgb(205, 186, 82)
HSL	hsl(51, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(51, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 60%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.27, -5.85, 53.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.27, 54.27, 96.19°)
OKLab	oklab(78.48% -0.0197 0.1243)
OKLCH	oklch(78.48% 0.126 99)
XYZ	xyz(44.2605, 48.7080, 15.0512)
Luminance	0.4871 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDBA52 #5265CD

analogous

#CD7D52 #CDBA52 #A3CD52

triadic

#CDBA52 #52CDBA #BA52CD

tetradic

#CDBA52 #52CD7D #5265CD #CD52A3

square

#CDBA52 #52CD7D #5265CD #CD52A3

split-complementary

#CDBA52 #52A3CD #7D52CD

monochromatic

#807225 #AF9C33 #CDBA52 #DBCD81 #E8E0B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#CDBA52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.74

#CDBA52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDBA52

10.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDBA52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDBA52	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)

#CAB547

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BC57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCAEA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdba52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 186, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.126 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfce86',
    500: '#cdba52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdba52;
$custom-light: #dfce86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdba52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.732,
    "s": 55.157,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78482,
    "c": 0.12585,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.48706
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDBA52

secondary

#A4ACD7

accent

#60DE49

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF9F0

border

#D5D2CB

text

#16130B

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDBA52

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

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