#CDBF42#CDBF42

#CDBF42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.506; OKLCH L 79.4% C 0.143 H 102.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDBF42
RGB	rgb(205, 191, 66)
HSL	hsl(54, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(54, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.8%, 67.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.46, -9.43, 62.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.46, 62.74, 98.64°)
OKLab	oklab(79.38% -0.0318 0.139)
OKLCH	oklch(79.38% 0.143 102.9)
XYZ	xyz(44.7929, 50.6359, 12.5675)
Luminance	0.5063 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDBF42 #4250CD

analogous

#CD7942 #CDBF42 #95CD42

triadic

#CDBF42 #42CDBF #BF42CD

tetradic

#CDBF42 #42CD79 #4250CD #CD4295

square

#CDBF42 #42CD79 #4250CD #CD4295

split-complementary

#CDBF42 #4295CD #7942CD

monochromatic

#766D1F #A69A2C #CDBF42 #DACF72 #E7E0A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.89

#CDBF42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.13

#CDBF42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDBF42

11.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDBF42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDBF42	1.00	1.89	11.13	11.13
#FFFFFF	1.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0B930

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4BF4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCB2A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdbf42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 191, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.4% 0.143 102.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d27d',
    500: '#cdbf42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdbf42;
$custom-light: #e0d27d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdbf42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 191,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.957,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79382,
    "c": 0.14261,
    "h": 102.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.50634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDBF42

secondary

#353C7E

accent

#56E146

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDBF42

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

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