#CDCB43#CDCB43

#CDCB43 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.153 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDCB43
RGB	rgb(205, 203, 67)
HSL	hsl(59, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(59, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 67.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.67, -15.45, 64.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.67, 66.71, 103.39°)
OKLab	oklab(81.94% -0.0487 0.1452)
OKLCH	oklch(81.94% 0.153 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.5476, 56.0977, 13.6324)
Luminance	0.5610 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDCB43 #4345CD

analogous

#CD8643 #CDCB43 #8ACD43

triadic

#CDCB43 #43CDCB #CB43CD

tetradic

#CDCB43 #43CD86 #4345CD #CD438A

square

#CDCB43 #43CD86 #4345CD #CD438A

split-complementary

#CDCB43 #438ACD #8643CD

monochromatic

#76751F #A7A52C #CDCB43 #DAD873 #E7E6A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#CDCB43 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.22

#CDCB43 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDCB43

12.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDCB43	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDCB43	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)

#DBC32F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC84C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBBEB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdcb43;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 203, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.153 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0da7f',
    500: '#cdcb43',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdcb43;
$custom-light: #e0da7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdcb43",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.13,
    "s": 57.983,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81942,
    "c": 0.15317,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.56096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDCB43

secondary

#36377F

accent

#49E147

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDCB43

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

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