#CDC05B#CDC05B

#CDC05B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.123 H 102.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC05B
RGB	rgb(205, 192, 91)
HSL	hsl(53, 53%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(53, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 55.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.94, -8.29, 51.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.94, 52.36, 99.11°)
OKLab	oklab(79.84% -0.0257 0.1206)
OKLCH	oklch(79.84% 0.123 102)
XYZ	xyz(45.9163, 51.4354, 17.4049)
Luminance	0.5143 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC05B #5B68CD

analogous

#CD875B #CDC05B #A1CD5B

triadic

#CDC05B #5BCDC0 #C05BCD

tetradic

#CDC05B #5BCD87 #5B68CD #CD5BA1

square

#CDC05B #5BCD87 #5B68CD #CD5BA1

split-complementary

#CDC05B #5BA1CD #875BCD

monochromatic

#857A29 #B4A637 #CDC05B #DBD28A #EAE4B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#CDC05B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.29

#CDC05B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC05B

11.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC05B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC05B	1.00	1.86	11.29	11.29
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFBB51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C160

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBB4A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc05b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 192, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.123 102.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd28c',
    500: '#cdc05b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc05b;
$custom-light: #dfd28c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc05b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.158,
    "s": 53.271,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79837,
    "c": 0.12326,
    "h": 102
  },
  "luminance": 0.51434
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC05B

secondary

#40498C

accent

#5CDD4B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC05B

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

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