#CDC83E#CDC83E

#CDC83E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.546; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.154 H 107.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC83E
RGB	rgb(205, 200, 62)
HSL	hsl(58, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(58, 70%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 69.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.83, -14.21, 65.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.83, 67.45, 102.16°)
OKLab	oklab(81.26% -0.0457 0.1466)
OKLCH	oklch(81.26% 0.154 107.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.7024, 54.6371, 12.6424)
Luminance	0.5464 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC83E #3E43CD

analogous

#CD803E #CDC83E #8BCD3E

triadic

#CDC83E #3ECDC8 #C83ECD

tetradic

#CDC83E #3ECD80 #3E43CD #CD3E8B

square

#CDC83E #3ECD80 #3E43CD #CD3E8B

split-complementary

#CDC83E #3E8BCD #803ECD

monochromatic

#73701E #A39F2A #CDC83E #DAD66F #E6E49F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#CDC83E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.93

#CDC83E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC83E

11.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC83E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC83E	1.00	1.76	11.93	11.93
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C027

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC648

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCBBAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc83e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 200, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.154 107.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d87c',
    500: '#cdc83e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc83e;
$custom-light: #e0d87c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc83e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.902,
    "s": 58.848,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81263,
    "c": 0.15354,
    "h": 107.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.54635
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC83E

secondary

#34367C

accent

#4BE246

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC83E

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

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