#CDC04B#CDC04B

#CDC04B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.137 H 103.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC04B
RGB	rgb(205, 192, 75)
HSL	hsl(54, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(54, 63%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 63.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.79, -9.41, 58.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.79, 59.43, 99.11°)
OKLab	oklab(79.67% -0.0307 0.1334)
OKLCH	oklch(79.67% 0.137 103)
XYZ	xyz(45.2982, 51.1882, 14.1495)
Luminance	0.5119 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC04B #4B58CD

analogous

#CD7F4B #CDC04B #99CD4B

triadic

#CDC04B #4BCDC0 #C04BCD

tetradic

#CDC04B #4BCD7F #4B58CD #CD4B99

square

#CDC04B #4BCD7F #4B58CD #CD4B99

split-complementary

#CDC04B #4B99CD #7F4BCD

monochromatic

#7B7222 #AB9F30 #CDC04B #DAD17B #E8E2AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#CDC04B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.24

#CDC04B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC04B

11.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC04B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC04B	1.00	1.87	11.24	11.24
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0BA3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C052

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCB3A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc04b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 192, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.137 103.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd283',
    500: '#cdc04b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc04b;
$custom-light: #dfd283;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc04b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79671,
    "c": 0.13687,
    "h": 103
  },
  "luminance": 0.51186
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC04B

secondary

#394083

accent

#57E048

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC04B

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

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