#CDBD44#CDBD44

#CDBD44 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.139 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDBD44
RGB	rgb(205, 189, 68)
HSL	hsl(53, 58%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(53, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.8%, 66.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.94, -8.29, 60.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.94, 61.27, 97.77°)
OKLab	oklab(78.98% -0.0283 0.1366)
OKLCH	oklch(78.98% 0.139 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.4197, 49.7936, 12.7391)
Luminance	0.4979 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDBD44 #4454CD

analogous

#CD7844 #CDBD44 #98CD44

triadic

#CDBD44 #44CDBD #BD44CD

tetradic

#CDBD44 #44CD78 #4454CD #CD4498

square

#CDBD44 #44CD78 #4454CD #CD4498

split-complementary

#CDBD44 #4498CD #7844CD

monochromatic

#776D20 #A7992D #CDBD44 #DACE74 #E7DFA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#CDBD44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.96

#CDBD44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDBD44

10.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDBD44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDBD44	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)

#CEB734

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BE4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCB0A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdbd44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 189, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.139 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d07e',
    500: '#cdbd44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdbd44;
$custom-light: #e0d07e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdbd44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.993,
    "s": 57.806,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78977,
    "c": 0.13946,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.49792
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDBD44

secondary

#99A0D4

accent

#59E147

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF9EF

border

#D5D2CA

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDBD44

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

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