#CDBA61#CDBA61

#CDBA61 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.490; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.112 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDBA61
RGB	rgb(205, 186, 97)
HSL	hsl(49, 52%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(49, 53%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 52.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.43, -4.69, 47.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.43, 47.31, 95.69°)
OKLab	oklab(78.66% -0.0147 0.1111)
OKLCH	oklch(78.66% 0.112 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.8949, 48.9618, 18.3927)
Luminance	0.4896 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDBA61 #6174CD

analogous

#CD8461 #CDBA61 #AACD61

triadic

#CDBA61 #61CDBA #BA61CD

tetradic

#CDBA61 #61CD84 #6174CD #CD61AA

square

#CDBA61 #61CD84 #6174CD #CD61AA

split-complementary

#CDBA61 #61AACD #8461CD

monochromatic

#88782B #B7A13A #CDBA61 #DCCE8F #EAE3BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#CDBA61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.79

#CDBA61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDBA61

10.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDBA61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDBA61	1.00	1.95	10.79	10.79
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C9B659

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CEBD65

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBAFA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdba61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 186, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.112 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dece90',
    500: '#cdba61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdba61;
$custom-light: #dece90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdba61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.444,
    "s": 51.923,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78658,
    "c": 0.1121,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.4896
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDBA61

secondary

#B0B7DA

accent

#66DB4C

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FBF9F1

border

#D4D2CB

text

#15130D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDBA61

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

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