#CDBA57#CDBA57

#CDBA57 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.121 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDBA57
RGB	rgb(205, 186, 87)
HSL	hsl(50, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(50, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 57.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.32, -5.49, 51.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.32, 52.00, 96.06°)
OKLab	oklab(78.54% -0.0181 0.1201)
OKLCH	oklch(78.54% 0.121 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.4577, 48.7869, 16.0900)
Luminance	0.4879 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDBA57 #576ACD

analogous

#CD7F57 #CDBA57 #A5CD57

triadic

#CDBA57 #57CDBA #BA57CD

tetradic

#CDBA57 #57CD7F #576ACD #CD57A5

square

#CDBA57 #57CD7F #576ACD #CD57A5

split-complementary

#CDBA57 #57A5CD #7F57CD

monochromatic

#837427 #B29E35 #CDBA57 #DBCD86 #E9E1B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#CDBA57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.76

#CDBA57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDBA57

10.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDBA57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDBA57	1.00	1.95	10.76	10.76
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CAB64D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBC5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBAEA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdba57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 186, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.121 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfce8a',
    500: '#cdba57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdba57;
$custom-light: #dfce8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdba57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.339,
    "s": 54.128,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78537,
    "c": 0.12147,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDBA57

secondary

#A8B0D8

accent

#62DD4A

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF9F0

border

#D5D2CB

text

#16130C

muted

#84827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDBA57

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

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