#CDBB09#CDBB09

#CDBB09 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.485; OKLCH L 78.3% C 0.163 H 102.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDBB09
RGB	rgb(205, 187, 9)
HSL	hsl(54, 92%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(54, 96%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 95.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.17, -9.12, 75.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.17, 76.25, 96.87°)
OKLab	oklab(78.28% -0.035 0.1591)
OKLCH	oklch(78.28% 0.163 102.4)
XYZ	xyz(42.9987, 48.5416, 7.3630)
Luminance	0.4854 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDBB09 #091BCD

analogous

#CD5909 #CDBB09 #7DCD09

triadic

#CDBB09 #09CDBB #BB09CD

tetradic

#CDBB09 #09CD59 #091BCD #CD097D

square

#CDBB09 #09CD59 #091BCD #CD097D

split-complementary

#CDBB09 #097DCD #5909CD

monochromatic

#585004 #928606 #CDBB09 #F5E11E #F8E959

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.96

#CDBB09 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.71

#CDBB09 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDBB09

10.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDBB09	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDBB09	1.00	1.96	10.71	10.71
#FFFFFF	1.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB500

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BC23

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DEAC9F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdbb09;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 187, 9);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.3% 0.163 102.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e1cf67',
    500: '#cdbb09',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdbb09;
$custom-light: #e1cf67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdbb09",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 9
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.49,
    "s": 91.589,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78281,
    "c": 0.16287,
    "h": 102.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.4854
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDBB09

secondary

#5763DA

accent

#3CFF29

background

#FEFCF6

surface

#FDF9EC

border

#D5D2C7

text

#161307

muted

#84827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDBB09

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

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