#CDBB59#CDBB59

#CDBB59 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.492; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.121 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDBB59
RGB	rgb(205, 187, 89)
HSL	hsl(51, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(51, 57%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 56.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.60, -5.86, 51.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.60, 51.43, 96.54°)
OKLab	oklab(78.77% -0.019 0.119)
OKLCH	oklch(78.77% 0.121 99)
XYZ	xyz(44.7520, 49.2429, 16.5968)
Luminance	0.4924 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDBB59 #596BCD

analogous

#CD8159 #CDBB59 #A5CD59

triadic

#CDBB59 #59CDBB #BB59CD

tetradic

#CDBB59 #59CD81 #596BCD #CD59A5

square

#CDBB59 #59CD81 #596BCD #CD59A5

split-complementary

#CDBB59 #59A5CD #8159CD

monochromatic

#847628 #B3A036 #CDBB59 #DBCE88 #E9E2B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.94

#CDBB59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.85

#CDBB59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDBB59

10.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDBB59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDBB59	1.00	1.94	10.85	10.85
#FFFFFF	1.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CBB64F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0BD5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBAFA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdbb59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 187, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.121 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfcf8b',
    500: '#cdbb59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdbb59;
$custom-light: #dfcf8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdbb59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.69,
    "s": 53.704,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78768,
    "c": 0.12053,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.49241
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDBB59

secondary

#AAB1D8

accent

#61DD4B

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF9F0

border

#D5D2CB

text

#15130C

muted

#84827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDBB59

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

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