#CDBD53#CDBD53

#CDBD53 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.500; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.128 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDBD53
RGB	rgb(205, 189, 83)
HSL	hsl(52, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(52, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.8%, 59.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.07, -7.33, 54.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.07, 54.88, 97.68°)
OKLab	oklab(79.12% -0.0239 0.1254)
OKLCH	oklch(79.12% 0.128 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(44.9375, 50.0007, 15.4660)
Luminance	0.5000 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDBD53 #5363CD

analogous

#CD8053 #CDBD53 #A0CD53

triadic

#CDBD53 #53CDBD #BD53CD

tetradic

#CDBD53 #53CD80 #5363CD #CD53A0

square

#CDBD53 #53CD80 #5363CD #CD53A0

split-complementary

#CDBD53 #53A0CD #8053CD

monochromatic

#807425 #B09F33 #CDBD53 #DBCF82 #E9E1B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#CDBD53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.00

#CDBD53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDBD53

11.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDBD53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDBD53	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)

#CDB848

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BE58

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBB1A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdbd53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 189, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.128 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd087',
    500: '#cdbd53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdbd53;
$custom-light: #dfd087;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdbd53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.131,
    "s": 54.955,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79119,
    "c": 0.12761,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.49999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDBD53

secondary

#A5ABD7

accent

#5DDE4A

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF9F0

border

#D5D2CB

text

#16130C

muted

#84827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDBD53

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

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