#CDBB52#CDBB52

#CDBB52 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.491; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.127 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDBB52
RGB	rgb(205, 187, 82)
HSL	hsl(51, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(51, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 60%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.53, -6.37, 54.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.53, 54.62, 96.70°)
OKLab	oklab(78.69% -0.0212 0.1249)
OKLCH	oklch(78.69% 0.127 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.4719, 49.1308, 15.1217)
Luminance	0.4913 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDBB52 #5264CD

analogous

#CD7E52 #CDBB52 #A2CD52

triadic

#CDBB52 #52CDBB #BB52CD

tetradic

#CDBB52 #52CD7E #5264CD #CD52A2

square

#CDBB52 #52CD7E #5264CD #CD52A2

split-complementary

#CDBB52 #52A2CD #7E52CD

monochromatic

#807225 #AF9D33 #CDBB52 #DBCE81 #E8E0B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#CDBB52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.83

#CDBB52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDBB52

10.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDBB52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDBB52	1.00	1.94	10.83	10.83
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB647

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BD57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCAFA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdbb52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 187, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.127 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfcf86',
    500: '#cdbb52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdbb52;
$custom-light: #dfcf86;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdbb52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.22,
    "s": 55.157,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7869,
    "c": 0.1267,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.49129
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDBB52

secondary

#A4ABD7

accent

#5FDE49

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF9F0

border

#D5D2CB

text

#16130B

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDBB52

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

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