#CDBB3D#CDBB3D

#CDBB3D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.143 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDBB3D
RGB	rgb(205, 187, 61)
HSL	hsl(53, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(53, 70%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 70.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.36, -7.63, 62.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.36, 63.34, 96.92°)
OKLab	oklab(78.5% -0.0272 0.14)
OKLCH	oklch(78.5% 0.143 101)
XYZ	xyz(43.7914, 48.8587, 11.5380)
Luminance	0.4886 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDBB3D #3D4FCD

analogous

#CD733D #CDBB3D #97CD3D

triadic

#CDBB3D #3DCDBB #BB3DCD

tetradic

#CDBB3D #3DCD73 #3D4FCD #CD3D97

square

#CDBB3D #3DCD73 #3D4FCD #CD3D97

split-complementary

#CDBB3D #3D97CD #733DCD

monochromatic

#72681D #A3942A #CDBB3D #DACC6E #E6DD9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#CDBB3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.77

#CDBB3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDBB3D

10.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDBB3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDBB3D	1.00	1.95	10.77	10.77
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB62A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BD45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDAEA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdbb3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 187, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.143 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0cf7a',
    500: '#cdbb3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdbb3d;
$custom-light: #e0cf7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdbb3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 59.016,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78502,
    "c": 0.14259,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.48857
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDBB3D

secondary

#939BD2

accent

#59E246

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF9EE

border

#D5D2C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDBB3D

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

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