#CDC33D#CDC33D

#CDC33D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.523; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.150 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC33D
RGB	rgb(205, 195, 61)
HSL	hsl(56, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(56, 70%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 70.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.49, -11.73, 64.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.49, 66.03, 100.23°)
OKLab	oklab(80.19% -0.0388 0.1444)
OKLCH	oklch(80.19% 0.15 105)
XYZ	xyz(45.5361, 52.3480, 12.1195)
Luminance	0.5235 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC33D #3D47CD

analogous

#CD7B3D #CDC33D #8FCD3D

triadic

#CDC33D #3DCDC3 #C33DCD

tetradic

#CDC33D #3DCD7B #3D47CD #CD3D8F

square

#CDC33D #3DCD7B #3D47CD #CD3D8F

split-complementary

#CDC33D #3D8FCD #7B3DCD

monochromatic

#726C1D #A39A2A #CDC33D #DAD26E #E6E19E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#CDC33D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.47

#CDC33D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC33D

11.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC33D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC33D	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)

#D4BC27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C246

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCB6A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc33d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 195, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.150 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d47b',
    500: '#cdc33d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc33d;
$custom-light: #e0d47b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc33d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.833,
    "s": 59.016,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80191,
    "c": 0.14952,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.52346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC33D

secondary

#33387B

accent

#50E246

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC33D

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

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