#CDBA53#CDBA53

#CDBA53 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.125 H 98.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDBA53
RGB	rgb(205, 186, 83)
HSL	hsl(51, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(51, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 59.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.28, -5.78, 53.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.28, 53.82, 96.17°)
OKLab	oklab(78.49% -0.0194 0.1235)
OKLCH	oklch(78.49% 0.125 98.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.2988, 48.7234, 15.2531)
Luminance	0.4872 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDBA53 #5366CD

analogous

#CD7D53 #CDBA53 #A3CD53

triadic

#CDBA53 #53CDBA #BA53CD

tetradic

#CDBA53 #53CD7D #5366CD #CD53A3

square

#CDBA53 #53CD7D #5366CD #CD53A3

split-complementary

#CDBA53 #53A3CD #7D53CD

monochromatic

#807225 #B09C33 #CDBA53 #DBCD82 #E9E0B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#CDBA53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.74

#CDBA53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDBA53

10.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDBA53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDBA53	1.00	1.95	10.74	10.74
#FFFFFF	1.95	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)

#CAB548

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBC58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCAEA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdba53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 186, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.125 98.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfce87',
    500: '#cdba53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdba53;
$custom-light: #dfce87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdba53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.656,
    "s": 54.955,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78492,
    "c": 0.12499,
    "h": 98.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48721
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDBA53

secondary

#A5ADD7

accent

#61DE4A

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF9F0

border

#D5D2CB

text

#16130B

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDBA53

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

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