#CDCB4E#CDCB4E

#CDCB4E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.562; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.145 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDCB4E
RGB	rgb(205, 203, 78)
HSL	hsl(59, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(59, 62%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 62%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.75, -14.80, 60.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.75, 62.36, 103.73°)
OKLab	oklab(82.03% -0.0457 0.1378)
OKLCH	oklch(82.03% 0.145 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.9095, 56.2425, 15.5384)
Luminance	0.5624 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDCB4E #4E50CD

analogous

#CD8B4E #CDCB4E #8FCD4E

triadic

#CDCB4E #4ECDCB #CB4ECD

tetradic

#CDCB4E #4ECD8B #4E50CD #CD4E8F

square

#CDCB4E #4ECD8B #4E50CD #CD4E8F

split-complementary

#CDCB4E #4E8FCD #8B4ECD

monochromatic

#7D7C23 #ADAB31 #CDCB4E #DAD97E #E8E7AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#CDCB4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.25

#CDCB4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDCB4E

12.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDCB4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDCB4E	1.00	1.71	12.25	12.25
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC33F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC856

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBBFB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdcb4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 203, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.145 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfda85',
    500: '#cdcb4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdcb4e;
$custom-light: #dfda85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdcb4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.055,
    "s": 55.947,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82034,
    "c": 0.14518,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.56241
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDCB4E

secondary

#3A3B85

accent

#4BDF49

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDCB4E

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

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