#CDBB45#CDBB45

#CDBB45 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.489; OKLCH L 78.6% C 0.137 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDBB45
RGB	rgb(205, 187, 69)
HSL	hsl(52, 58%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(52, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 66.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.42, -7.20, 59.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.42, 60.19, 96.87°)
OKLab	oklab(78.57% -0.0251 0.1347)
OKLCH	oklch(78.57% 0.137 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(44.0232, 48.9514, 12.7587)
Luminance	0.4895 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDBB45 #4557CD

analogous

#CD7745 #CDBB45 #9BCD45

triadic

#CDBB45 #45CDBB #BB45CD

tetradic

#CDBB45 #45CD77 #4557CD #CD459B

square

#CDBB45 #45CD77 #4557CD #CD459B

split-complementary

#CDBB45 #459BCD #7745CD

monochromatic

#776C20 #A8972D #CDBB45 #DACD75 #E7DEA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.95

#CDBB45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.79

#CDBB45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDBB45

10.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDBB45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDBB45	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)

#CCB636

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BD4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCAEA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdbb45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 187, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.6% 0.137 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0cf7f',
    500: '#cdbb45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdbb45;
$custom-light: #e0cf7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdbb45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.059,
    "s": 57.627,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78566,
    "c": 0.13703,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.48949
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDBB45

secondary

#9AA2D4

accent

#5BE147

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF9EF

border

#D5D2CA

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDBB45

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

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