#CDC35B#CDC35B

#CDC35B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.528; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.126 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC35B
RGB	rgb(205, 195, 91)
HSL	hsl(55, 53%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(55, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 55.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.74, -9.83, 52.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.74, 53.52, 100.58°)
OKLab	oklab(80.47% -0.0301 0.1225)
OKLCH	oklch(80.47% 0.126 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.5818, 52.7663, 17.6267)
Luminance	0.5276 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC35B #5B65CD

analogous

#CD8A5B #CDC35B #9ECD5B

triadic

#CDC35B #5BCDC3 #C35BCD

tetradic

#CDC35B #5BCD8A #5B65CD #CD5B9E

square

#CDC35B #5BCD8A #5B65CD #CD5B9E

split-complementary

#CDC35B #5B9ECD #8A5BCD

monochromatic

#857D29 #B4A937 #CDC35B #DBD48A #EAE5B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#CDC35B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.55

#CDC35B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC35B

11.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC35B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC35B	1.00	1.82	11.55	11.55
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BD51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C360

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBB7AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc35b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 195, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.126 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd48d',
    500: '#cdc35b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc35b;
$custom-light: #dfd48d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc35b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.737,
    "s": 53.271,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80468,
    "c": 0.12616,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.52765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC35B

secondary

#40478C

accent

#58DD4B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC35B

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

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