#CDCB48#CDCB48

#CDCB48 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.150 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDCB48
RGB	rgb(205, 203, 72)
HSL	hsl(59, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(59, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 64.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.70, -15.17, 62.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.70, 64.78, 103.54°)
OKLab	oklab(81.98% -0.0474 0.142)
OKLCH	oklch(81.98% 0.15 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.7041, 56.1603, 14.4568)
Luminance	0.5616 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDCB48 #484ACD

analogous

#CD8948 #CDCB48 #8DCD48

triadic

#CDCB48 #48CDCB #CB48CD

tetradic

#CDCB48 #48CD89 #484ACD #CD488D

square

#CDCB48 #48CD89 #484ACD #CD488D

split-complementary

#CDCB48 #488DCD #8948CD

monochromatic

#797821 #A9A82E #CDCB48 #DAD978 #E7E6A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#CDCB48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.23

#CDCB48 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDCB48

12.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDCB48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDCB48	1.00	1.72	12.23	12.23
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC336

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC850

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBBEB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdcb48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 203, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.150 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfda82',
    500: '#cdcb48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdcb48;
$custom-light: #dfda82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdcb48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.098,
    "s": 57.082,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81982,
    "c": 0.14968,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.56159
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDCB48

secondary

#383982

accent

#4AE047

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDCB48

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

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