#CDBD47#CDBD47

#CDBD47 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.498; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.137 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDBD47
RGB	rgb(205, 189, 71)
HSL	hsl(53, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(53, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.8%, 65.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.97, -8.11, 59.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.97, 60.04, 97.77°)
OKLab	oklab(79% -0.0275 0.1345)
OKLCH	oklch(79% 0.137 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.5136, 49.8311, 13.2337)
Luminance	0.4983 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDBD47 #4757CD

analogous

#CD7A47 #CDBD47 #9ACD47

triadic

#CDBD47 #47CDBD #BD47CD

tetradic

#CDBD47 #47CD7A #4757CD #CD479A

square

#CDBD47 #47CD7A #4757CD #CD479A

split-complementary

#CDBD47 #479ACD #7A47CD

monochromatic

#796E21 #A99A2E #CDBD47 #DACE77 #E7E0A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#CDBD47 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.97

#CDBD47 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDBD47

10.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDBD47	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDBD47	1.00	1.92	10.97	10.97
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEB738

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BE4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCB0A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdbd47;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 189, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.137 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd080',
    500: '#cdbd47',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdbd47;
$custom-light: #dfd080;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdbd47",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.836,
    "s": 57.265,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79003,
    "c": 0.13726,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49829
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDBD47

secondary

#9BA2D4

accent

#5AE147

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF9EF

border

#D5D2CA

text

#16130B

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDBD47

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

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