#CDBC44#CDBC44

#CDBC44 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.139 H 101.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDBC44
RGB	rgb(205, 188, 68)
HSL	hsl(53, 58%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(53, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.3%, 66.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.68, -7.77, 60.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.68, 60.93, 97.33°)
OKLab	oklab(78.77% -0.0268 0.136)
OKLCH	oklch(78.77% 0.139 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.2053, 49.3648, 12.6676)
Luminance	0.4936 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDBC44 #4455CD

analogous

#CD7744 #CDBC44 #99CD44

triadic

#CDBC44 #44CDBC #BC44CD

tetradic

#CDBC44 #44CD77 #4455CD #CD4499

square

#CDBC44 #44CD77 #4455CD #CD4499

split-complementary

#CDBC44 #4499CD #7744CD

monochromatic

#776C20 #A7982D #CDBC44 #DACD74 #E7DFA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#CDBC44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.87

#CDBC44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDBC44

10.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDBC44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDBC44	1.00	1.93	10.87	10.87
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB734

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BE4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCAFA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdbc44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 188, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.139 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0cf7e',
    500: '#cdbc44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdbc44;
$custom-light: #e0cf7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdbc44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.555,
    "s": 57.806,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78767,
    "c": 0.1386,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.49363
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDBC44

secondary

#99A0D4

accent

#5AE147

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF9EF

border

#D5D2CA

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDBC44

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

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