#CDC83B#CDC83B

#CDC83B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.546; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.155 H 107.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC83B
RGB	rgb(205, 200, 59)
HSL	hsl(58, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(58, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 71.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.81, -14.35, 67.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.81, 68.52, 102.09°)
OKLab	oklab(81.24% -0.0464 0.1483)
OKLCH	oklch(81.24% 0.155 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.6223, 54.6050, 12.2208)
Luminance	0.5460 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC83B #3B40CD

analogous

#CD7F3B #CDC83B #89CD3B

triadic

#CDC83B #3BCDC8 #C83BCD

tetradic

#CDC83B #3BCD7F #3B40CD #CD3B89

square

#CDC83B #3BCD7F #3B40CD #CD3B89

split-complementary

#CDC83B #3B89CD #7F3BCD

monochromatic

#716E1D #A29D29 #CDC83B #D9D66C #E6E39D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#CDC83B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.92

#CDC83B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC83B

11.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC83B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC83B	1.00	1.76	11.92	11.92
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C022

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC545

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCBBAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc83b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 200, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.155 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d87a',
    500: '#cdc83b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc83b;
$custom-light: #e0d87a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc83b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.945,
    "s": 59.35,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81243,
    "c": 0.15539,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.54603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC83B

secondary

#32357A

accent

#4BE345

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC83B

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

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