#CDC03A#CDC03A

#CDC03A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.149 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC03A
RGB	rgb(205, 192, 58)
HSL	hsl(55, 60%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(55, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 71.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.67, -10.34, 65.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.67, 66.10, 99.00°)
OKLab	oklab(79.53% -0.0352 0.1445)
OKLCH	oklch(79.53% 0.149 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.7921, 50.9857, 11.4840)
Luminance	0.5098 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC03A #3A47CD

analogous

#CD773A #CDC03A #91CD3A

triadic

#CDC03A #3ACDC0 #C03ACD

tetradic

#CDC03A #3ACD77 #3A47CD #CD3A91

square

#CDC03A #3ACD77 #3A47CD #CD3A91

split-complementary

#CDC03A #3A91CD #773ACD

monochromatic

#70691C #A19629 #CDC03A #D9D06B #E6DF9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.88

#CDC03A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.20

#CDC03A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC03A

11.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC03A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC03A	1.00	1.88	11.20	11.20
#FFFFFF	1.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BA23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C043

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCB3A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc03a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 192, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.149 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d279',
    500: '#cdc03a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc03a;
$custom-light: #e0d279;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc03a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.694,
    "s": 59.514,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79534,
    "c": 0.14873,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.50984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC03A

secondary

#323879

accent

#53E345

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC03A

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

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