#CDBD55#CDBD55

#CDBD55 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.500; OKLCH L 79.1% C 0.126 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDBD55
RGB	rgb(205, 189, 85)
HSL	hsl(52, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(52, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.8%, 58.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.09, -7.19, 53.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.09, 53.98, 97.66°)
OKLab	oklab(79.14% -0.0232 0.1237)
OKLCH	oklch(79.14% 0.126 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.0158, 50.0320, 15.8785)
Luminance	0.5003 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDBD55 #5565CD

analogous

#CD8155 #CDBD55 #A1CD55

triadic

#CDBD55 #55CDBD #BD55CD

tetradic

#CDBD55 #55CD81 #5565CD #CD55A1

square

#CDBD55 #55CD81 #5565CD #CD55A1

split-complementary

#CDBD55 #55A1CD #8155CD

monochromatic

#827526 #B1A034 #CDBD55 #DBCF84 #E9E2B4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#CDBD55 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.01

#CDBD55 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDBD55

11.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDBD55	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDBD55	1.00	1.91	11.01	11.01
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB84A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BE5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBB1A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdbd55;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 189, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.1% 0.126 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd088',
    500: '#cdbd55',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdbd55;
$custom-light: #dfd088;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdbd55",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79141,
    "c": 0.12588,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.5003
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDBD55

secondary

#3D4789

accent

#5EDE4A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16130C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDBD55

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

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