#CDCB49#CDCB49

#CDCB49 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.149 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDCB49
RGB	rgb(205, 203, 73)
HSL	hsl(59, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(59, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 64.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.71, -15.11, 62.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.71, 64.38, 103.57°)
OKLab	oklab(81.99% -0.0471 0.1413)
OKLCH	oklch(81.99% 0.149 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.7370, 56.1735, 14.6300)
Luminance	0.5617 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDCB49 #494BCD

analogous

#CD8949 #CDCB49 #8DCD49

triadic

#CDCB49 #49CDCB #CB49CD

tetradic

#CDCB49 #49CD89 #494BCD #CD498D

square

#CDCB49 #49CD89 #494BCD #CD498D

split-complementary

#CDCB49 #498DCD #8949CD

monochromatic

#7A7922 #AAA82F #CDCB49 #DAD979 #E7E6A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#CDCB49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.23

#CDCB49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDCB49

12.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDCB49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDCB49	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)

#DBC338

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC851

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBBEB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdcb49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 203, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.149 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfda82',
    500: '#cdcb49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdcb49;
$custom-light: #dfda82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdcb49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.091,
    "s": 56.897,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8199,
    "c": 0.14896,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.56172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDCB49

secondary

#383982

accent

#4AE048

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDCB49

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

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