#CDC44B#CDC44B

#CDC44B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.141 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC44B
RGB	rgb(205, 196, 75)
HSL	hsl(56, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(56, 63%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 63.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.86, -11.46, 59.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.86, 60.90, 100.84°)
OKLab	oklab(80.52% -0.0365 0.1358)
OKLCH	oklch(80.52% 0.141 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.1884, 52.9686, 14.4462)
Luminance	0.5297 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC44B #4B54CD

analogous

#CD834B #CDC44B #95CD4B

triadic

#CDC44B #4BCDC4 #C44BCD

tetradic

#CDC44B #4BCD83 #4B54CD #CD4B95

square

#CDC44B #4BCD83 #4B54CD #CD4B95

split-complementary

#CDC44B #4B95CD #834BCD

monochromatic

#7B7522 #ABA330 #CDC44B #DAD47B #E8E3AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#CDC44B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.59

#CDC44B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC44B

11.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC44B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC44B	1.00	1.81	11.59	11.59
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BD3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C352

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBB7AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc44b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 196, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.141 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd583',
    500: '#cdc44b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc44b;
$custom-light: #dfd583;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc44b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.846,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80517,
    "c": 0.1406,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.52967
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC44B

secondary

#393E83

accent

#53E048

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC44B

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

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