#CDC02E#CDC02E

#CDC02E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.509; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.155 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC02E
RGB	rgb(205, 192, 46)
HSL	hsl(55, 63%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(55, 78%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 77.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.60, -10.85, 69.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.60, 70.09, 98.90°)
OKLab	oklab(79.46% -0.0377 0.1507)
OKLCH	oklch(79.46% 0.155 104)
XYZ	xyz(44.5216, 50.8775, 10.0594)
Luminance	0.5088 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC02E #2E3BCD

analogous

#CD702E #CDC02E #8BCD2E

triadic

#CDC02E #2ECDC0 #C02ECD

tetradic

#CDC02E #2ECD70 #2E3BCD #CD2E8B

square

#CDC02E #2ECD70 #2E3BCD #CD2E8B

split-complementary

#CDC02E #2E8BCD #702ECD

monochromatic

#696218 #9B9123 #CDC02E #DBD15D #E6DF8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#CDC02E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.18

#CDC02E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC02E

11.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC02E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC02E	1.00	1.88	11.18	11.18
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2B903

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C03A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DDB2A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc02e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 192, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.155 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d273',
    500: '#cdc02e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc02e;
$custom-light: #e0d273;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc02e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.094,
    "s": 63.347,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79461,
    "c": 0.15536,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.50876
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC02E

secondary

#2C3273

accent

#4FE641

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FDFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#161409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC02E

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

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