#CDCB57#CDCB57

#CDCB57 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.564; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.138 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDCB57
RGB	rgb(205, 203, 87)
HSL	hsl(59, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(59, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 57.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.83, -14.19, 56.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.83, 58.53, 104.03°)
OKLab	oklab(82.12% -0.043 0.131)
OKLCH	oklch(82.12% 0.138 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(48.2545, 56.3805, 17.3556)
Luminance	0.5638 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDCB57 #5759CD

analogous

#CD9057 #CDCB57 #94CD57

triadic

#CDCB57 #57CDCB #CB57CD

tetradic

#CDCB57 #57CD90 #5759CD #CD5794

square

#CDCB57 #57CD90 #5759CD #CD5794

split-complementary

#CDCB57 #5794CD #9057CD

monochromatic

#838127 #B2B035 #CDCB57 #DBDA86 #E9E8B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#CDCB57 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.28

#CDCB57 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDCB57

12.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDCB57	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDCB57	1.00	1.71	12.28	12.28
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC44A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC85E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DABFB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdcb57;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 203, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.138 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfda8b',
    500: '#cdcb57',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdcb57;
$custom-light: #dfda8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdcb57",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.983,
    "s": 54.128,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82122,
    "c": 0.13784,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.56379
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDCB57

secondary

#3E3F8A

accent

#4DDD4A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDCB57

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

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