#CDCB44#CDCB44

#CDCB44 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.561; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.152 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDCB44
RGB	rgb(205, 203, 68)
HSL	hsl(59, 58%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(59, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 66.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.68, -15.40, 64.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.68, 66.33, 103.42°)
OKLab	oklab(81.95% -0.0484 0.1446)
OKLCH	oklch(81.95% 0.152 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.5778, 56.1098, 13.7918)
Luminance	0.5611 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDCB44 #4446CD

analogous

#CD8644 #CDCB44 #8ACD44

triadic

#CDCB44 #44CDCB #CB44CD

tetradic

#CDCB44 #44CD86 #4446CD #CD448A

square

#CDCB44 #44CD86 #4446CD #CD448A

split-complementary

#CDCB44 #448ACD #8644CD

monochromatic

#777620 #A7A52D #CDCB44 #DAD874 #E7E6A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#CDCB44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.22

#CDCB44 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDCB44

12.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDCB44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDCB44	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)

#DBC330

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC84D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBBEB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdcb44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 203, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.152 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0da7f',
    500: '#cdcb44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdcb44;
$custom-light: #e0da7f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdcb44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.124,
    "s": 57.806,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8195,
    "c": 0.15249,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.56108
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDCB44

secondary

#36377F

accent

#49E147

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDCB44

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

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