#CDBC45#CDBC45

#CDBC45 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.138 H 101.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDBC45
RGB	rgb(205, 188, 69)
HSL	hsl(53, 58%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(53, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.3%, 66.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.69, -7.72, 60.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.69, 60.52, 97.32°)
OKLab	oklab(78.78% -0.0266 0.1353)
OKLCH	oklch(78.78% 0.138 101.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.2361, 49.3771, 12.8297)
Luminance	0.4938 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDBC45 #4556CD

analogous

#CD7845 #CDBC45 #9ACD45

triadic

#CDBC45 #45CDBC #BC45CD

tetradic

#CDBC45 #45CD78 #4556CD #CD459A

square

#CDBC45 #45CD78 #4556CD #CD459A

split-complementary

#CDBC45 #459ACD #7845CD

monochromatic

#776D20 #A8982D #CDBC45 #DACD75 #E7DFA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#CDBC45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.88

#CDBC45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDBC45

10.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDBC45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDBC45	1.00	1.93	10.88	10.88
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB735

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BE4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCAFA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdbc45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 188, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.138 101.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0cf7f',
    500: '#cdbc45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdbc45;
$custom-light: #e0cf7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdbc45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 57.627,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78776,
    "c": 0.13787,
    "h": 101.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.49375
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDBC45

secondary

#9AA1D4

accent

#5AE147

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF9EF

border

#D5D2CA

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDBC45

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

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