#CDCB3D#CDCB3D

#CDCB3D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.560; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.157 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDCB3D
RGB	rgb(205, 203, 61)
HSL	hsl(59, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(59, 70%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 70.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.63, -15.76, 67.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.63, 68.90, 103.22°)
OKLab	oklab(81.9% -0.0501 0.1488)
OKLCH	oklch(81.9% 0.157 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.3768, 56.0294, 12.7331)
Luminance	0.5603 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDCB3D #3D3FCD

analogous

#CD833D #CDCB3D #87CD3D

triadic

#CDCB3D #3DCDCB #CB3DCD

tetradic

#CDCB3D #3DCD83 #3D3FCD #CD3D87

square

#CDCB3D #3DCD83 #3D3FCD #CD3D87

split-complementary

#CDCB3D #3D87CD #833DCD

monochromatic

#72711D #A3A12A #CDCB3D #DAD86E #E6E59E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#CDCB3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.21

#CDCB3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDCB3D

12.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDCB3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDCB3D	1.00	1.72	12.21	12.21
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC324

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC847

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCBEAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdcb3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 203, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.157 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0da7c',
    500: '#cdcb3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdcb3d;
$custom-light: #e0da7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdcb3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.167,
    "s": 59.016,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81899,
    "c": 0.15704,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.56028
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDCB3D

secondary

#33347B

accent

#48E246

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDCB3D

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

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