#CDCB4A#CDCB4A

#CDCB4A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.148 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDCB4A
RGB	rgb(205, 203, 74)
HSL	hsl(59, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(59, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 63.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.72, -15.05, 62.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.72, 63.98, 103.60°)
OKLab	oklab(82% -0.0468 0.1406)
OKLCH	oklch(82% 0.148 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.7704, 56.1868, 14.8060)
Luminance	0.5618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDCB4A #4A4CCD

analogous

#CD8A4A #CDCB4A #8ECD4A

triadic

#CDCB4A #4ACDCB #CB4ACD

tetradic

#CDCB4A #4ACD8A #4A4CCD #CD4A8E

square

#CDCB4A #4ACD8A #4A4CCD #CD4A8E

split-complementary

#CDCB4A #4A8ECD #8A4ACD

monochromatic

#7B7922 #ABA92F #CDCB4A #DAD97A #E7E7AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.72

#CDCB4A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.24

#CDCB4A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDCB4A

12.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDCB4A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDCB4A	1.00	1.72	12.24	12.24
#FFFFFF	1.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC339

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC852

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBBFB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdcb4a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 203, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.148 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfda83',
    500: '#cdcb4a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdcb4a;
$custom-light: #dfda83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdcb4a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.084,
    "s": 56.71,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81999,
    "c": 0.14822,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.56185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDCB4A

secondary

#383A83

accent

#4AE048

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDCB4A

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

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