#CDBD2E#CDBD2E

#CDBD2E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.496; OKLCH L 78.8% C 0.153 H 102.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDBD2E
RGB	rgb(205, 189, 46)
HSL	hsl(54, 63%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(54, 78%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.8%, 77.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.81, -9.31, 68.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.81, 69.16, 97.74°)
OKLab	oklab(78.83% -0.0334 0.1492)
OKLCH	oklch(78.83% 0.153 102.6)
XYZ	xyz(43.8696, 49.5735, 9.8421)
Luminance	0.4957 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDBD2E #2E3ECD

analogous

#CD6D2E #CDBD2E #8ECD2E

triadic

#CDBD2E #2ECDBD #BD2ECD

tetradic

#CDBD2E #2ECD6D #2E3ECD #CD2E8E

square

#CDBD2E #2ECD6D #2E3ECD #CD2E8E

split-complementary

#CDBD2E #2E8ECD #6D2ECD

monochromatic

#696118 #9B8F23 #CDBD2E #DBCE5D #E6DD8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#CDBD2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.91

#CDBD2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDBD2E

10.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDBD2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDBD2E	1.00	1.92	10.91	10.91
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFB706

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BE39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDAFA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdbd2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 189, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.8% 0.153 102.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d073',
    500: '#cdbd2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdbd2e;
$custom-light: #e0d073;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdbd2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.962,
    "s": 63.347,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78826,
    "c": 0.15287,
    "h": 102.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.49572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDBD2E

secondary

#868ED0

accent

#52E641

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FDF9ED

border

#D5D2C8

text

#161309

muted

#84827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDBD2E

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

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