#CDBC3D#CDBC3D

#CDBC3D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.493; OKLCH L 78.7% C 0.143 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDBC3D
RGB	rgb(205, 188, 61)
HSL	hsl(53, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(53, 70%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.3%, 70.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.63, -8.15, 63.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.63, 63.67, 97.35°)
OKLab	oklab(78.71% -0.0287 0.1405)
OKLCH	oklch(78.71% 0.143 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.0043, 49.2844, 11.6089)
Luminance	0.4928 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDBC3D #3D4ECD

analogous

#CD743D #CDBC3D #96CD3D

triadic

#CDBC3D #3DCDBC #BC3DCD

tetradic

#CDBC3D #3DCD74 #3D4ECD #CD3D96

square

#CDBC3D #3DCD74 #3D4ECD #CD3D96

split-complementary

#CDBC3D #3D96CD #743DCD

monochromatic

#72681D #A3952A #CDBC3D #DACD6E #E6DE9E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.93

#CDBC3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.86

#CDBC3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDBC3D

10.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDBC3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDBC3D	1.00	1.93	10.86	10.86
#FFFFFF	1.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB629

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2BD45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDAFA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BABABA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdbc3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 188, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.7% 0.143 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0cf7a',
    500: '#cdbc3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdbc3d;
$custom-light: #e0cf7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdbc3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.917,
    "s": 59.016,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78712,
    "c": 0.14341,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.49282
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDBC3D

secondary

#939BD2

accent

#58E246

background

#FEFCF7

surface

#FCF9EE

border

#D5D2C9

text

#16130A

muted

#84827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDBC3D

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

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