#CDBD40#CDBD40

#CDBD40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 78.9% C 0.142 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDBD40
RGB	rgb(205, 189, 64)
HSL	hsl(53, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(53, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.8%, 68.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.91, -8.51, 62.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.91, 62.85, 97.78°)
OKLab	oklab(78.94% -0.0294 0.1392)
OKLCH	oklch(78.94% 0.142 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.3018, 49.7464, 12.1179)
Luminance	0.4974 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDBD40 #4050CD

analogous

#CD7640 #CDBD40 #97CD40

triadic

#CDBD40 #40CDBD #BD40CD

tetradic

#CDBD40 #40CD76 #4050CD #CD4097

square

#CDBD40 #40CD76 #4050CD #CD4097

split-complementary

#CDBD40 #4097CD #7640CD

monochromatic

#746A1E #A5972B #CDBD40 #DACE71 #E6DFA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#CDBD40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.95

#CDBD40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDBD40

10.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDBD40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDBD40	1.00	1.92	10.95	10.95
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB72E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BE48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCB0A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdbd40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 189, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.9% 0.142 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d07c',
    500: '#cdbd40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdbd40;
$custom-light: #e0d07c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdbd40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.191,
    "s": 58.506,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78945,
    "c": 0.14226,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49744
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDBD40

secondary

#969DD3

accent

#58E246

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF9EE

border

#D5D2C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDBD40

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

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