#CDC13B#CDC13B

#CDC13B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.149 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC13B
RGB	rgb(205, 193, 59)
HSL	hsl(55, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(55, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 71.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.94, -10.81, 65.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.94, 66.07, 99.41°)
OKLab	oklab(79.75% -0.0364 0.1445)
OKLCH	oklch(79.75% 0.149 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.0381, 51.4366, 11.6927)
Luminance	0.5143 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC13B #3B47CD

analogous

#CD783B #CDC13B #90CD3B

triadic

#CDC13B #3BCDC1 #C13BCD

tetradic

#CDC13B #3BCD78 #3B47CD #CD3B90

square

#CDC13B #3BCD78 #3B47CD #CD3B90

split-complementary

#CDC13B #3B90CD #783BCD

monochromatic

#716A1D #A29829 #CDC13B #D9D06C #E6E09D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#CDC13B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.29

#CDC13B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC13B

11.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC13B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC13B	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)

#D2BA24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C144

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCB4A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc13b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 193, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.149 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d37a',
    500: '#cdc13b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc13b;
$custom-light: #e0d37a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc13b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.068,
    "s": 59.35,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79753,
    "c": 0.14899,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.51435
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC13B

secondary

#32387A

accent

#52E345

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC13B

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

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