#CDCB40#CDCB40

#CDCB40 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.155 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDCB40
RGB	rgb(205, 203, 64)
HSL	hsl(59, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(59, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 68.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.65, -15.61, 66.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.65, 67.82, 103.31°)
OKLab	oklab(81.92% -0.0494 0.1471)
OKLCH	oklch(81.92% 0.155 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.4599, 56.0626, 13.1707)
Luminance	0.5606 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDCB40 #4042CD

analogous

#CD8440 #CDCB40 #88CD40

triadic

#CDCB40 #40CDCB #CB40CD

tetradic

#CDCB40 #40CD84 #4042CD #CD4088

square

#CDCB40 #40CD84 #4042CD #CD4088

split-complementary

#CDCB40 #4088CD #8440CD

monochromatic

#74731E #A5A32B #CDCB40 #DAD871 #E6E5A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#CDCB40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.21

#CDCB40 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDCB40

12.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDCB40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDCB40	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)

#DBC32A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC84A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBBEAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdcb40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 203, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.155 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0da7d',
    500: '#cdcb40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdcb40;
$custom-light: #e0da7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdcb40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.149,
    "s": 58.506,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8192,
    "c": 0.15514,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.56061
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDCB40

secondary

#34357D

accent

#48E246

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDCB40

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

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