#CDC83C#CDC83C

#CDC83C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.546; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.155 H 107.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC83C
RGB	rgb(205, 200, 60)
HSL	hsl(58, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(58, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 70.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.82, -14.30, 66.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.82, 68.16, 102.11°)
OKLab	oklab(81.25% -0.0461 0.1478)
OKLCH	oklch(81.25% 0.155 107.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.6485, 54.6155, 12.3587)
Luminance	0.5461 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC83C #3C41CD

analogous

#CD803C #CDC83C #8ACD3C

triadic

#CDC83C #3CCDC8 #C83CCD

tetradic

#CDC83C #3CCD80 #3C41CD #CD3C8A

square

#CDC83C #3CCD80 #3C41CD #CD3C8A

split-complementary

#CDC83C #3C8ACD #803CCD

monochromatic

#716F1D #A29E2A #CDC83C #D9D66D #E6E39D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#CDC83C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.92

#CDC83C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC83C

11.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC83C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC83C	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)

#D9C024

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC646

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCBBAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc83c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 200, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.155 107.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d87b',
    500: '#cdc83c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc83c;
$custom-light: #e0d87b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc83c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.931,
    "s": 59.184,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8125,
    "c": 0.15478,
    "h": 107.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.54614
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC83C

secondary

#33357A

accent

#4BE245

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC83C

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

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