#CDBB3E#CDBB3E

#CDBB3E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.142 H 100.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDBB3E
RGB	rgb(205, 187, 62)
HSL	hsl(52, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(52, 70%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 69.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.37, -7.58, 62.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.37, 62.96, 96.91°)
OKLab	oklab(78.51% -0.0269 0.1393)
OKLCH	oklch(78.51% 0.142 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.8186, 48.8695, 11.6812)
Luminance	0.4887 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDBB3E #3E50CD

analogous

#CD743E #CDBB3E #97CD3E

triadic

#CDBB3E #3ECDBB #BB3ECD

tetradic

#CDBB3E #3ECD74 #3E50CD #CD3E97

square

#CDBB3E #3ECD74 #3E50CD #CD3E97

split-complementary

#CDBB3E #3E97CD #743ECD

monochromatic

#73681E #A3942A #CDBB3E #DACC6F #E6DD9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#CDBB3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.77

#CDBB3E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDBB3E

10.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDBB3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDBB3E	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)

#CCB62B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BD46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDAEA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdbb3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 187, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.142 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0cf7b',
    500: '#cdbb3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdbb3e;
$custom-light: #e0cf7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdbb3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.448,
    "s": 58.848,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78509,
    "c": 0.14192,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.48868
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDBB3E

secondary

#949CD3

accent

#59E246

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF9EE

border

#D5D2C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDBB3E

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

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