#CDBD41#CDBD41

#CDBD41 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.142 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDBD41
RGB	rgb(205, 189, 65)
HSL	hsl(53, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(53, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.8%, 68.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.92, -8.45, 61.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.92, 62.46, 97.78°)
OKLab	oklab(78.95% -0.0291 0.1386)
OKLCH	oklch(78.95% 0.142 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.3305, 49.7579, 12.2692)
Luminance	0.4976 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDBD41 #4151CD

analogous

#CD7741 #CDBD41 #97CD41

triadic

#CDBD41 #41CDBD #BD41CD

tetradic

#CDBD41 #41CD77 #4151CD #CD4197

square

#CDBD41 #41CD77 #4151CD #CD4197

split-complementary

#CDBD41 #4197CD #7741CD

monochromatic

#756B1F #A5972C #CDBD41 #DACE71 #E6DFA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#CDBD41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.95

#CDBD41 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDBD41

10.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDBD41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDBD41	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)

#CEB72F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BE49

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCB0A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdbd41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 189, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.142 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d07d',
    500: '#cdbd41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdbd41;
$custom-light: #e0d07d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdbd41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.143,
    "s": 58.333,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78953,
    "c": 0.14157,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49756
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDBD41

secondary

#979ED3

accent

#58E246

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF9EE

border

#D5D2C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDBD41

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

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