#CDBD43#CDBD43

#CDBD43 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.140 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDBD43
RGB	rgb(205, 189, 67)
HSL	hsl(53, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(53, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.8%, 67.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.94, -8.34, 61.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.94, 61.67, 97.78°)
OKLab	oklab(78.97% -0.0286 0.1372)
OKLCH	oklch(78.97% 0.14 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.3894, 49.7815, 12.5797)
Luminance	0.4978 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDBD43 #4353CD

analogous

#CD7843 #CDBD43 #98CD43

triadic

#CDBD43 #43CDBD #BD43CD

tetradic

#CDBD43 #43CD78 #4353CD #CD4398

square

#CDBD43 #43CD78 #4353CD #CD4398

split-complementary

#CDBD43 #4398CD #7843CD

monochromatic

#766C1F #A7982C #CDBD43 #DACE73 #E7DFA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#CDBD43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.96

#CDBD43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDBD43

10.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDBD43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDBD43	1.00	1.92	10.96	10.96
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB732

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BE4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCB0A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdbd43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 189, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.140 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d07e',
    500: '#cdbd43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdbd43;
$custom-light: #e0d07e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdbd43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.043,
    "s": 57.983,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78969,
    "c": 0.14017,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.4978
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDBD43

secondary

#989FD4

accent

#59E147

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF9EE

border

#D5D2C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDBD43

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

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