#CDBB41#CDBB41

#CDBB41 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.140 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDBB41
RGB	rgb(205, 187, 65)
HSL	hsl(52, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(52, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 68.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.39, -7.42, 61.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.39, 61.79, 96.90°)
OKLab	oklab(78.53% -0.0262 0.1374)
OKLCH	oklch(78.53% 0.14 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(43.9032, 48.9034, 12.1267)
Luminance	0.4890 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDBB41 #4153CD

analogous

#CD7541 #CDBB41 #99CD41

triadic

#CDBB41 #41CDBB #BB41CD

tetradic

#CDBB41 #41CD75 #4153CD #CD4199

square

#CDBB41 #41CD75 #4153CD #CD4199

split-complementary

#CDBB41 #4199CD #7541CD

monochromatic

#756A1F #A5962C #CDBB41 #DACC71 #E6DEA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#CDBB41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.78

#CDBB41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDBB41

10.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDBB41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDBB41	1.00	1.95	10.78	10.78
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB630

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BD48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCAEA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdbb41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 187, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.140 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0cf7c',
    500: '#cdbb41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdbb41;
$custom-light: #e0cf7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdbb41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.286,
    "s": 58.333,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78533,
    "c": 0.13989,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.48901
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDBB41

secondary

#979ED3

accent

#5AE246

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF9EE

border

#D5D2C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDBB41

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

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