#CDBB2D#CDBB2D

#CDBB2D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.487; OKLCH L 78.4% C 0.152 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDBB2D
RGB	rgb(205, 187, 45)
HSL	hsl(53, 64%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(53, 78%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 78%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.27, -8.32, 68.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.27, 68.86, 96.94°)
OKLab	oklab(78.4% -0.0307 0.1486)
OKLCH	oklch(78.4% 0.152 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.4229, 48.7113, 9.5971)
Luminance	0.4871 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDBB2D #2D3FCD

analogous

#CD6B2D #CDBB2D #8FCD2D

triadic

#CDBB2D #2DCDBB #BB2DCD

tetradic

#CDBB2D #2DCD6B #2D3FCD #CD2D8F

square

#CDBB2D #2DCD6B #2D3FCD #CD2D8F

split-complementary

#CDBB2D #2D8FCD #6B2DCD

monochromatic

#695F17 #9B8D22 #CDBB2D #DBCD5C #E6DC8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#CDBB2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.74

#CDBB2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDBB2D

10.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDBB2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDBB2D	1.00	1.95	10.74	10.74
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB504

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BD38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDADA1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B9B9B9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdbb2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 187, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.4% 0.152 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0cf72',
    500: '#cdbb2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdbb2d;
$custom-light: #e0cf72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdbb2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.25,
    "s": 64,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78399,
    "c": 0.15176,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48709
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDBB2D

secondary

#858ED1

accent

#53E741

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF9ED

border

#D5D2C8

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDBB2D

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

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