#CDCB39#CDCB39

#CDCB39 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.159 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDCB39
RGB	rgb(205, 203, 57)
HSL	hsl(59, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(59, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 72.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.61, -15.95, 68.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.61, 70.29, 103.11°)
OKLab	oklab(81.87% -0.051 0.1511)
OKLCH	oklch(81.87% 0.159 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.2731, 55.9879, 12.1867)
Luminance	0.5599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDCB39 #393BCD

analogous

#CD8139 #CDCB39 #85CD39

triadic

#CDCB39 #39CDCB #CB39CD

tetradic

#CDCB39 #39CD81 #393BCD #CD3985

square

#CDCB39 #39CD81 #393BCD #CD3985

split-complementary

#CDCB39 #3985CD #8139CD

monochromatic

#6F6E1C #A09F28 #CDCB39 #D9D86A #E6E59B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#CDCB39 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.20

#CDCB39 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDCB39

12.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDCB39	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDCB39	1.00	1.72	12.20	12.20
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC31C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC844

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCBEAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdcb39;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 203, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.159 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0da7a',
    500: '#cdcb39',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdcb39;
$custom-light: #e0da7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdcb39",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.189,
    "s": 59.677,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81872,
    "c": 0.15943,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.55986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDCB39

secondary

#323379

accent

#47E345

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDCB39

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

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