#CDBA56#CDBA56

#CDBA56 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.122 H 98.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDBA56
RGB	rgb(205, 186, 86)
HSL	hsl(50, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(50, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 58%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.31, -5.56, 52.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.31, 52.46, 96.09°)
OKLab	oklab(78.53% -0.0185 0.121)
OKLCH	oklch(78.53% 0.122 98.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.4171, 48.7707, 15.8763)
Luminance	0.4877 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDBA56 #5669CD

analogous

#CD7F56 #CDBA56 #A5CD56

triadic

#CDBA56 #56CDBA #BA56CD

tetradic

#CDBA56 #56CD7F #5669CD #CD56A5

square

#CDBA56 #56CD7F #5669CD #CD56A5

split-complementary

#CDBA56 #56A5CD #7F56CD

monochromatic

#827326 #B19D34 #CDBA56 #DBCD85 #E9E1B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#CDBA56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.75

#CDBA56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDBA56

10.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDBA56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDBA56	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)

#CAB64C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBC5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCAEA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdba56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 186, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.122 98.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfce89',
    500: '#cdba56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdba56;
$custom-light: #dfce89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdba56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.42,
    "s": 54.338,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78525,
    "c": 0.12236,
    "h": 98.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48769
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDBA56

secondary

#A7AFD8

accent

#62DE4A

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF9F0

border

#D5D2CB

text

#16130C

muted

#84827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDBA56

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

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