#CDBF40#CDBF40

#CDBF40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.144 H 103.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDBF40
RGB	rgb(205, 191, 64)
HSL	hsl(54, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(54, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 68.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.44, -9.53, 62.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.44, 63.52, 98.63°)
OKLab	oklab(79.37% -0.0323 0.1403)
OKLCH	oklch(79.37% 0.144 103)
XYZ	xyz(44.7349, 50.6127, 12.2623)
Luminance	0.5061 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDBF40 #404ECD

analogous

#CD7940 #CDBF40 #94CD40

triadic

#CDBF40 #40CDBF #BF40CD

tetradic

#CDBF40 #40CD79 #404ECD #CD4094

square

#CDBF40 #40CD79 #404ECD #CD4094

split-complementary

#CDBF40 #4094CD #7940CD

monochromatic

#746C1E #A5992B #CDBF40 #DACF71 #E6E0A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#CDBF40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.12

#CDBF40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDBF40

11.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDBF40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDBF40	1.00	1.89	11.12	11.12
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0B92D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BF48

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCB2A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdbf40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 191, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.144 103.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d27c',
    500: '#cdbf40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdbf40;
$custom-light: #e0d27c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdbf40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.043,
    "s": 58.506,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79367,
    "c": 0.14398,
    "h": 103
  },
  "luminance": 0.50611
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDBF40

secondary

#343C7D

accent

#56E246

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDBF40

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

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