#CDBD45#CDBD45

#CDBD45 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	#CDBD45
RGB	rgb(205, 189, 69)
HSL	hsl(53, 58%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(53, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.8%, 66.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.95, -8.23, 60.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.95, 60.86, 97.77°)
OKLab	oklab(78.99% -0.028 0.1359)
OKLCH	oklch(78.99% 0.139 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.4505, 49.8059, 12.9012)
Luminance	0.4980 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDBD45 #4555CD

analogous

#CD7945 #CDBD45 #99CD45

triadic

#CDBD45 #45CDBD #BD45CD

tetradic

#CDBD45 #45CD79 #4555CD #CD4599

square

#CDBD45 #45CD79 #4555CD #CD4599

split-complementary

#CDBD45 #4599CD #7945CD

monochromatic

#776D20 #A8992D #CDBD45 #DACE75 #E7DFA5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#CDBD45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.96

#CDBD45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDBD45

10.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDBD45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDBD45	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)

#CEB735

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3BE4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCB0A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdbd45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 189, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.139 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d07f',
    500: '#cdbd45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdbd45;
$custom-light: #e0d07f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdbd45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.941,
    "s": 57.627,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78986,
    "c": 0.13873,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.49804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDBD45

secondary

#9AA1D4

accent

#59E147

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF9EF

border

#D5D2CA

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDBD45

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

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