#CDC33B#CDC33B

#CDC33B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.523; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.151 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC33B
RGB	rgb(205, 195, 59)
HSL	hsl(56, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(56, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 71.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.48, -11.83, 65.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.48, 66.76, 100.20°)
OKLab	oklab(80.18% -0.0392 0.1456)
OKLCH	oklch(80.18% 0.151 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.4832, 52.3268, 11.8411)
Luminance	0.5232 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC33B #3B45CD

analogous

#CD7A3B #CDC33B #8ECD3B

triadic

#CDC33B #3BCDC3 #C33BCD

tetradic

#CDC33B #3BCD7A #3B45CD #CD3B8E

square

#CDC33B #3BCD7A #3B45CD #CD3B8E

split-complementary

#CDC33B #3B8ECD #7A3BCD

monochromatic

#716B1D #A29929 #CDC33B #D9D26C #E6E19D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#CDC33B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.47

#CDC33B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC33B

11.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC33B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC33B	1.00	1.83	11.47	11.47
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BC24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C244

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCB6A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc33b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 195, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.151 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d47a',
    500: '#cdc33b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc33b;
$custom-light: #e0d47a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc33b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.89,
    "s": 59.35,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80177,
    "c": 0.15077,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.52325
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC33B

secondary

#32377A

accent

#50E345

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC33B

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

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