#CDBB42#CDBB42

#CDBB42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.139 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDBB42
RGB	rgb(205, 187, 66)
HSL	hsl(52, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(52, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 67.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.40, -7.37, 60.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.40, 61.40, 96.89°)
OKLab	oklab(78.54% -0.0259 0.1368)
OKLCH	oklch(78.54% 0.139 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(43.9324, 48.9151, 12.2807)
Luminance	0.4891 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDBB42 #4254CD

analogous

#CD7542 #CDBB42 #99CD42

triadic

#CDBB42 #42CDBB #BB42CD

tetradic

#CDBB42 #42CD75 #4254CD #CD4299

square

#CDBB42 #42CD75 #4254CD #CD4299

split-complementary

#CDBB42 #4299CD #7542CD

monochromatic

#766A1F #A6962C #CDBB42 #DACC72 #E7DEA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#CDBB42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.78

#CDBB42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDBB42

10.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDBB42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDBB42	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)

#CCB631

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BD49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCAEA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdbb42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 187, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.139 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0cf7d',
    500: '#cdbb42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdbb42;
$custom-light: #e0cf7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdbb42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.23,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78541,
    "c": 0.13918,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.48913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDBB42

secondary

#979FD3

accent

#5AE146

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF9EE

border

#D5D2C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDBB42

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

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