#CDBC49#CDBC49

#CDBC49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.494; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.135 H 100.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDBC49
RGB	rgb(205, 188, 73)
HSL	hsl(52, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(52, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.3%, 64.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.72, -7.48, 58.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.72, 58.87, 97.30°)
OKLab	oklab(78.81% -0.0254 0.1325)
OKLCH	oklch(78.81% 0.135 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.3645, 49.4285, 13.5058)
Luminance	0.4943 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDBC49 #495ACD

analogous

#CD7A49 #CDBC49 #9CCD49

triadic

#CDBC49 #49CDBC #BC49CD

tetradic

#CDBC49 #49CD7A #495ACD #CD499C

square

#CDBC49 #49CD7A #495ACD #CD499C

split-complementary

#CDBC49 #499CCD #7A49CD

monochromatic

#7A6F22 #AA9A2F #CDBC49 #DACE79 #E7DFA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#CDBC49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.89

#CDBC49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDBC49

10.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDBC49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDBC49	1.00	1.93	10.89	10.89
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB73B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BE4F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCAFA4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdbc49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 188, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.135 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfcf81',
    500: '#cdbc49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdbc49;
$custom-light: #dfcf81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdbc49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.273,
    "s": 56.897,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78811,
    "c": 0.13487,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDBC49

secondary

#9DA4D5

accent

#5BE048

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF9EF

border

#D5D2CA

text

#16130B

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDBC49

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

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