#CDBD52#CDBD52

#CDBD52 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.500; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.128 H 100.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDBD52
RGB	rgb(205, 189, 82)
HSL	hsl(52, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(52, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.8%, 60%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.06, -7.41, 54.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.06, 55.33, 97.69°)
OKLab	oklab(79.11% -0.0242 0.1262)
OKLCH	oklch(79.11% 0.128 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.8991, 49.9853, 15.2641)
Luminance	0.4998 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDBD52 #5262CD

analogous

#CD8052 #CDBD52 #A0CD52

triadic

#CDBD52 #52CDBD #BD52CD

tetradic

#CDBD52 #52CD80 #5262CD #CD52A0

square

#CDBD52 #52CD80 #5262CD #CD52A0

split-complementary

#CDBD52 #52A0CD #8052CD

monochromatic

#807425 #AF9F33 #CDBD52 #DBCF81 #E8E1B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#CDBD52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.00

#CDBD52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDBD52

11.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDBD52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDBD52	1.00	1.91	11.00	11.00
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB846

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BE57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCB1A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdbd52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 189, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.128 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd087',
    500: '#cdbd52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdbd52;
$custom-light: #dfd087;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdbd52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.195,
    "s": 55.157,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79109,
    "c": 0.12846,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.49984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDBD52

secondary

#A4ABD7

accent

#5DDE49

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF9F0

border

#D5D2CB

text

#16130B

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDBD52

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

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