#CDCB5A#CDCB5A

#CDCB5A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.564; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.135 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDCB5A
RGB	rgb(205, 203, 90)
HSL	hsl(59, 53%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(59, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 56.1%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.86, -13.96, 55.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.86, 57.21, 104.13°)
OKLab	oklab(82.15% -0.042 0.1285)
OKLCH	oklch(82.15% 0.135 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(48.3796, 56.4305, 18.0146)
Luminance	0.5643 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDCB5A #5A5CCD

analogous

#CD925A #CDCB5A #95CD5A

triadic

#CDCB5A #5ACDCB #CB5ACD

tetradic

#CDCB5A #5ACD92 #5A5CCD #CD5A95

square

#CDCB5A #5ACD92 #5A5CCD #CD5A95

split-complementary

#CDCB5A #5A95CD #925ACD

monochromatic

#848328 #B3B136 #CDCB5A #DBDA89 #E9E9B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#CDCB5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.29

#CDCB5A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDCB5A

12.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDCB5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDCB5A	1.00	1.71	12.29	12.29
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC44E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC860

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DABFB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdcb5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 203, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.135 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfda8c',
    500: '#cdcb5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdcb5a;
$custom-light: #dfda8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdcb5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.957,
    "s": 53.488,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82153,
    "c": 0.13523,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.56429
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDCB5A

secondary

#40418C

accent

#4DDD4B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDCB5A

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

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