#CDBD4C#CDBD4C

#CDBD4C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.133 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDBD4C
RGB	rgb(205, 189, 76)
HSL	hsl(53, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(53, 63%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.8%, 62.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.01, -7.81, 57.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.01, 57.94, 97.74°)
OKLab	oklab(79.05% -0.026 0.1308)
OKLCH	oklch(79.05% 0.133 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.6807, 49.8980, 14.1138)
Luminance	0.4990 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDBD4C #4C5CCD

analogous

#CD7C4C #CDBD4C #9DCD4C

triadic

#CDBD4C #4CCDBD #BD4CCD

tetradic

#CDBD4C #4CCD7C #4C5CCD #CD4C9D

square

#CDBD4C #4CCD7C #4C5CCD #CD4C9D

split-complementary

#CDBD4C #4C9DCD #7C4CCD

monochromatic

#7C7123 #AC9C30 #CDBD4C #DACF7C #E8E0AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#CDBD4C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.98

#CDBD4C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDBD4C

10.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDBD4C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDBD4C	1.00	1.91	10.98	10.98
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB83F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BE52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCB0A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdbd4c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 189, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.133 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd083',
    500: '#cdbd4c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdbd4c;
$custom-light: #dfd083;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdbd4c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.558,
    "s": 56.332,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79049,
    "c": 0.1334,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.49896
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDBD4C

secondary

#9FA6D5

accent

#5BE048

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF9EF

border

#D5D2CA

text

#16130B

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDBD4C

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

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