#CDBD4F#CDBD4F

#CDBD4F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.499; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.131 H 101.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDBD4F
RGB	rgb(205, 189, 79)
HSL	hsl(52, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(52, 61%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.8%, 61.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.03, -7.61, 56.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.03, 56.65, 97.72°)
OKLab	oklab(79.08% -0.0251 0.1285)
OKLCH	oklch(79.08% 0.131 101.1)
XYZ	xyz(44.7875, 49.9407, 14.6760)
Luminance	0.4994 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDBD4F #4F5FCD

analogous

#CD7E4F #CDBD4F #9ECD4F

triadic

#CDBD4F #4FCDBD #BD4FCD

tetradic

#CDBD4F #4FCD7E #4F5FCD #CD4F9E

square

#CDBD4F #4FCD7E #4F5FCD #CD4F9E

split-complementary

#CDBD4F #4F9ECD #7E4FCD

monochromatic

#7E7224 #AE9E31 #CDBD4F #DBCF7F #E8E1AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#CDBD4F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.99

#CDBD4F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDBD4F

10.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDBD4F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDBD4F	1.00	1.91	10.99	10.99
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB843

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BE55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCB1A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdbd4f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 189, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.131 101.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd085',
    500: '#cdbd4f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdbd4f;
$custom-light: #dfd085;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdbd4f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.381,
    "s": 55.752,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79078,
    "c": 0.13097,
    "h": 101.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.49939
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDBD4F

secondary

#A2A8D6

accent

#5CDF49

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF9EF

border

#D5D2CA

text

#16130B

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDBD4F

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

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