#CDBB44#CDBB44

#CDBB44 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.138 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDBB44
RGB	rgb(205, 187, 68)
HSL	hsl(52, 58%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(52, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 66.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.41, -7.26, 60.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.41, 60.59, 96.88°)
OKLab	oklab(78.56% -0.0254 0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(78.56% 0.138 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.9924, 48.9391, 12.5966)
Luminance	0.4894 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDBB44 #4456CD

analogous

#CD7644 #CDBB44 #9ACD44

triadic

#CDBB44 #44CDBB #BB44CD

tetradic

#CDBB44 #44CD76 #4456CD #CD449A

square

#CDBB44 #44CD76 #4456CD #CD449A

split-complementary

#CDBB44 #449ACD #7644CD

monochromatic

#776B20 #A7972D #CDBB44 #DACD74 #E7DEA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#CDBB44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.79

#CDBB44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDBB44

10.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDBB44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDBB44	1.00	1.95	10.79	10.79
#FFFFFF	1.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB634

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BD4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCAEA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdbb44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 187, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.138 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0cf7e',
    500: '#cdbb44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdbb44;
$custom-light: #e0cf7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdbb44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.117,
    "s": 57.806,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78558,
    "c": 0.13776,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48937
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDBB44

secondary

#99A1D4

accent

#5BE147

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF9EE

border

#D5D2C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDBB44

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

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