#CDC43B#CDC43B

#CDC43B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.528; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.152 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC43B
RGB	rgb(205, 196, 59)
HSL	hsl(56, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(56, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 71.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.74, -12.33, 65.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.74, 67.10, 100.59°)
OKLab	oklab(80.39% -0.0407 0.1461)
OKLCH	oklch(80.39% 0.152 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.7080, 52.7765, 11.9160)
Luminance	0.5278 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC43B #3B44CD

analogous

#CD7B3B #CDC43B #8DCD3B

triadic

#CDC43B #3BCDC4 #C43BCD

tetradic

#CDC43B #3BCD7B #3B44CD #CD3B8D

square

#CDC43B #3BCD7B #3B44CD #CD3B8D

split-complementary

#CDC43B #3B8DCD #7B3BCD

monochromatic

#716C1D #A29A29 #CDC43B #D9D36C #E6E19D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#CDC43B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.56

#CDC43B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC43B

11.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC43B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC43B	1.00	1.82	11.56	11.56
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BD23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C345

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCB7A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc43b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 196, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.152 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d57a',
    500: '#cdc43b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc43b;
$custom-light: #e0d57a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc43b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.301,
    "s": 59.35,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8039,
    "c": 0.15168,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.52775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC43B

secondary

#32377A

accent

#4FE345

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC43B

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

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