#CDBA74#CDBA74

#CDBA74 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.092 H 94.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDBA74
RGB	rgb(205, 186, 116)
HSL	hsl(47, 47%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(47, 43%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.3%, 43.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.67, -2.90, 37.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.67, 37.98, 94.38°)
OKLab	oklab(78.93% -0.0076 0.0921)
OKLCH	oklch(78.93% 0.092 94.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.8893, 49.3596, 23.6297)
Luminance	0.4936 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDBA74 #7487CD

analogous

#CD8D74 #CDBA74 #B3CD74

triadic

#CDBA74 #74CDBA #BA74CD

tetradic

#CDBA74 #74CD8D #7487CD #CD74B3

square

#CDBA74 #74CD8D #7487CD #CD74B3

split-complementary

#CDBA74 #74B3CD #8D74CD

monochromatic

#927E35 #BDA447 #CDBA74 #DDD0A1 #EDE7CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#CDBA74 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.87

#CDBA74 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDBA74

10.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDBA74	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDBA74	1.00	1.93	10.87	10.87
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C7B76F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CCBD77

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAB0A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdba74;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 186, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.092 94.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dece9d',
    500: '#cdba74',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdba74;
$custom-light: #dece9d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdba74",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.191,
    "s": 47.09,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78933,
    "c": 0.09237,
    "h": 94.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.49358
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDBA74

secondary

#BEC5DE

accent

#4ABA2B

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FBF9F2

border

#D4D2CC

text

#15130E

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDBA74

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

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