#CDC03E#CDC03E

#CDC03E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.146 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC03E
RGB	rgb(205, 192, 62)
HSL	hsl(55, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(55, 70%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 69.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.70, -10.15, 63.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.70, 64.62, 99.04°)
OKLab	oklab(79.56% -0.0342 0.1421)
OKLCH	oklch(79.56% 0.146 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.8979, 51.0280, 12.0409)
Luminance	0.5103 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC03E #3E4BCD

analogous

#CD783E #CDC03E #93CD3E

triadic

#CDC03E #3ECDC0 #C03ECD

tetradic

#CDC03E #3ECD78 #3E4BCD #CD3E93

square

#CDC03E #3ECD78 #3E4BCD #CD3E93

split-complementary

#CDC03E #3E93CD #783ECD

monochromatic

#736B1E #A3982A #CDC03E #DAD06F #E6E09F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#CDC03E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.21

#CDC03E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC03E

11.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC03E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC03E	1.00	1.87	11.21	11.21
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BA2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C046

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCB3A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc03e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 192, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.146 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d27b',
    500: '#cdc03e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc03e;
$custom-light: #e0d27b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc03e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.545,
    "s": 58.848,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79563,
    "c": 0.14619,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.51026
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC03E

secondary

#343A7C

accent

#54E246

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC03E

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

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