#CDBA59#CDBA59

#CDBA59 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.488; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.120 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDBA59
RGB	rgb(205, 186, 89)
HSL	hsl(50, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(50, 57%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 56.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.34, -5.34, 50.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.34, 51.08, 96.00°)
OKLab	oklab(78.56% -0.0175 0.1184)
OKLCH	oklch(78.56% 0.12 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.5406, 48.8201, 16.5263)
Luminance	0.4882 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDBA59 #596CCD

analogous

#CD8059 #CDBA59 #A6CD59

triadic

#CDBA59 #59CDBA #BA59CD

tetradic

#CDBA59 #59CD80 #596CCD #CD59A6

square

#CDBA59 #59CD80 #596CCD #CD59A6

split-complementary

#CDBA59 #59A6CD #8059CD

monochromatic

#847528 #B39E36 #CDBA59 #DBCE88 #E9E1B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#CDBA59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.76

#CDBA59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDBA59

10.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDBA59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDBA59	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)

#CAB64F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFBD5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBAEA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdba59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 186, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.120 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfce8b',
    500: '#cdba59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdba59;
$custom-light: #dfce8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdba59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.172,
    "s": 53.704,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7856,
    "c": 0.11966,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.48818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDBA59

secondary

#AAB1D8

accent

#63DD4B

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF9F0

border

#D5D2CB

text

#15130C

muted

#84827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDBA59

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

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