#CDBD4A#CDBD4A

#CDBD4A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.135 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDBD4A
RGB	rgb(205, 189, 74)
HSL	hsl(53, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(53, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.8%, 63.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.99, -7.93, 58.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.99, 58.79, 97.75°)
OKLab	oklab(79.03% -0.0266 0.1323)
OKLCH	oklch(79.03% 0.135 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(44.6123, 49.8706, 13.7533)
Luminance	0.4987 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDBD4A #4A5ACD

analogous

#CD7C4A #CDBD4A #9BCD4A

triadic

#CDBD4A #4ACDBD #BD4ACD

tetradic

#CDBD4A #4ACD7C #4A5ACD #CD4A9B

square

#CDBD4A #4ACD7C #4A5ACD #CD4A9B

split-complementary

#CDBD4A #4A9BCD #7C4ACD

monochromatic

#7B7022 #AB9C2F #CDBD4A #DACE7A #E7E0AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#CDBD4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.97

#CDBD4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDBD4A

10.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDBD4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDBD4A	1.00	1.91	10.97	10.97
#FFFFFF	1.91	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)

#CEB83C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BE50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCB0A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdbd4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 189, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.135 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd082',
    500: '#cdbd4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdbd4a;
$custom-light: #dfd082;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdbd4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.672,
    "s": 56.71,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7903,
    "c": 0.13497,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.49869
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDBD4A

secondary

#9EA5D5

accent

#5AE048

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF9EF

border

#D5D2CA

text

#16130B

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDBD4A

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

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