#CDC23E#CDC23E

#CDC23E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.148 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC23E
RGB	rgb(205, 194, 62)
HSL	hsl(55, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(55, 70%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 69.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.23, -11.17, 64.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.23, 65.31, 99.85°)
OKLab	oklab(79.99% -0.0371 0.1432)
OKLCH	oklch(79.99% 0.148 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.3400, 51.9123, 12.1883)
Luminance	0.5191 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC23E #3E49CD

analogous

#CD7B3E #CDC23E #90CD3E

triadic

#CDC23E #3ECDC2 #C23ECD

tetradic

#CDC23E #3ECD7B #3E49CD #CD3E90

square

#CDC23E #3ECD7B #3E49CD #CD3E90

split-complementary

#CDC23E #3E90CD #7B3ECD

monochromatic

#736C1E #A39A2A #CDC23E #DAD16F #E6E19F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#CDC23E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.38

#CDC23E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC23E

11.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC23E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC23E	1.00	1.84	11.38	11.38
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BB29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C147

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCB5A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc23e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 194, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.148 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d47b',
    500: '#cdc23e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc23e;
$custom-light: #e0d47b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc23e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.385,
    "s": 58.848,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79986,
    "c": 0.14798,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.51911
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC23E

secondary

#34397C

accent

#52E246

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC23E

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

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