#CDCB3C#CDCB3C

#CDCB3C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.158 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDCB3C
RGB	rgb(205, 203, 60)
HSL	hsl(59, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(59, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 70.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.62, -15.81, 67.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.62, 69.26, 103.19°)
OKLab	oklab(81.89% -0.0503 0.1494)
OKLCH	oklch(81.89% 0.158 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.3501, 56.0187, 12.5926)
Luminance	0.5602 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDCB3C #3C3ECD

analogous

#CD823C #CDCB3C #87CD3C

triadic

#CDCB3C #3CCDCB #CB3CCD

tetradic

#CDCB3C #3CCD82 #3C3ECD #CD3C87

square

#CDCB3C #3CCD82 #3C3ECD #CD3C87

split-complementary

#CDCB3C #3C87CD #823CCD

monochromatic

#71701D #A2A12A #CDCB3C #D9D86D #E6E59D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#CDCB3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.20

#CDCB3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDCB3C

12.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDCB3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDCB3C	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)

#DCC323

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC847

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCBEAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdcb3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 203, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.158 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0da7b',
    500: '#cdcb3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdcb3c;
$custom-light: #e0da7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdcb3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.172,
    "s": 59.184,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81892,
    "c": 0.15766,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.56017
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDCB3C

secondary

#33347A

accent

#48E245

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDCB3C

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

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