#CDCB52#CDCB52

#CDCB52 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.563; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.142 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDCB52
RGB	rgb(205, 203, 82)
HSL	hsl(59, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(59, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 60%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.79, -14.54, 58.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.79, 60.68, 103.86°)
OKLab	oklab(82.07% -0.0445 0.1349)
OKLCH	oklch(82.07% 0.142 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(48.0573, 56.3016, 16.3168)
Luminance	0.5630 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDCB52 #5254CD

analogous

#CD8E52 #CDCB52 #92CD52

triadic

#CDCB52 #52CDCB #CB52CD

tetradic

#CDCB52 #52CD8E #5254CD #CD5292

square

#CDCB52 #52CD8E #5254CD #CD5292

split-complementary

#CDCB52 #5292CD #8E52CD

monochromatic

#807E25 #AFAD33 #CDCB52 #DBD981 #E8E8B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#CDCB52 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.26

#CDCB52 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDCB52

12.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDCB52	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDCB52	1.00	1.71	12.26	12.26
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC344

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC859

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBBFB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdcb52;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 203, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.142 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfda88',
    500: '#cdcb52',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdcb52;
$custom-light: #dfda88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdcb52",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.024,
    "s": 55.157,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82072,
    "c": 0.14201,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.563
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDCB52

secondary

#3C3D87

accent

#4CDE49

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDCB52

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

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