#CDBA55#CDBA55

#CDBA55 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.123 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDBA55
RGB	rgb(205, 186, 85)
HSL	hsl(51, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(51, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 58.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.30, -5.64, 52.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.30, 52.91, 96.11°)
OKLab	oklab(78.51% -0.0188 0.1218)
OKLCH	oklch(78.51% 0.123 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.3771, 48.7547, 15.6656)
Luminance	0.4875 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDBA55 #5568CD

analogous

#CD7E55 #CDBA55 #A4CD55

triadic

#CDBA55 #55CDBA #BA55CD

tetradic

#CDBA55 #55CD7E #5568CD #CD55A4

square

#CDBA55 #55CD7E #5568CD #CD55A4

split-complementary

#CDBA55 #55A4CD #7E55CD

monochromatic

#827326 #B19D34 #CDBA55 #DBCD84 #E9E0B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#CDBA55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.75

#CDBA55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDBA55

10.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDBA55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDBA55	1.00	1.95	10.75	10.75
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB64B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBC5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCAEA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdba55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 186, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.123 98.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfce88',
    500: '#cdba55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdba55;
$custom-light: #dfce88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdba55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.5,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78514,
    "c": 0.12325,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48753
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDBA55

secondary

#A6AED7

accent

#61DE4A

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF9F0

border

#D5D2CB

text

#16130C

muted

#84827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDBA55

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

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