#CDCB42#CDCB42

#CDCB42 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.154 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDCB42
RGB	rgb(205, 203, 66)
HSL	hsl(59, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(59, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 67.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.66, -15.50, 65.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.66, 67.08, 103.36°)
OKLab	oklab(81.94% -0.0489 0.1459)
OKLCH	oklch(81.94% 0.154 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.5178, 56.0858, 13.4758)
Luminance	0.5608 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDCB42 #4244CD

analogous

#CD8642 #CDCB42 #89CD42

triadic

#CDCB42 #42CDCB #CB42CD

tetradic

#CDCB42 #42CD86 #4244CD #CD4289

square

#CDCB42 #42CD86 #4244CD #CD4289

split-complementary

#CDCB42 #4289CD #8642CD

monochromatic

#76741F #A6A42C #CDCB42 #DAD872 #E7E6A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#CDCB42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.22

#CDCB42 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDCB42

12.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDCB42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDCB42	1.00	1.72	12.22	12.22
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC32D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC84B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBBEB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdcb42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 203, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.154 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0da7e',
    500: '#cdcb42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdcb42;
$custom-light: #e0da7e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdcb42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.137,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81935,
    "c": 0.15384,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.56084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDCB42

secondary

#35367E

accent

#49E146

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDCB42

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

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