#CDBD50#CDBD50

#CDBD50 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.500; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.130 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDBD50
RGB	rgb(205, 189, 80)
HSL	hsl(52, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(52, 61%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.8%, 61%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.04, -7.54, 55.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.04, 56.21, 97.71°)
OKLab	oklab(79.09% -0.0248 0.1278)
OKLCH	oklch(79.09% 0.13 101)
XYZ	xyz(44.8241, 49.9553, 14.8691)
Luminance	0.4995 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDBD50 #5060CD

analogous

#CD7E50 #CDBD50 #9ECD50

triadic

#CDBD50 #50CDBD #BD50CD

tetradic

#CDBD50 #50CD7E #5060CD #CD509E

square

#CDBD50 #50CD7E #5060CD #CD509E

split-complementary

#CDBD50 #509ECD #7E50CD

monochromatic

#7E7324 #AE9E32 #CDBD50 #DBCF80 #E8E1AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#CDBD50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.99

#CDBD50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDBD50

10.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDBD50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDBD50	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)

#CDB844

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BE56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCB1A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdbd50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 189, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.130 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd085',
    500: '#cdbd50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdbd50;
$custom-light: #dfd085;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdbd50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.32,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79088,
    "c": 0.13014,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.49954
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDBD50

secondary

#A2A9D6

accent

#5CDF49

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF9F0

border

#D5D2CB

text

#16130B

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDBD50

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

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