#CDCB5B#CDCB5B

#CDCB5B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.564; OKLCH L 82.2% C 0.134 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDCB5B
RGB	rgb(205, 203, 91)
HSL	hsl(59, 53%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(59, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 55.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.87, -13.89, 55.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.87, 56.76, 104.16°)
OKLab	oklab(82.16% -0.0417 0.1277)
OKLCH	oklch(82.16% 0.134 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(48.4225, 56.4477, 18.2402)
Luminance	0.5645 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDCB5B #5B5DCD

analogous

#CD925B #CDCB5B #96CD5B

triadic

#CDCB5B #5BCDCB #CB5BCD

tetradic

#CDCB5B #5BCD92 #5B5DCD #CD5B96

square

#CDCB5B #5BCD92 #5B5DCD #CD5B96

split-complementary

#CDCB5B #5B96CD #925BCD

monochromatic

#858329 #B4B237 #CDCB5B #DBDA8A #EAE9B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#CDCB5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.29

#CDCB5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDCB5B

12.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDCB5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDCB5B	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)

#DAC44F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC861

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DABFB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdcb5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 203, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.2% 0.134 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfda8d',
    500: '#cdcb5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdcb5b;
$custom-light: #dfda8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdcb5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.947,
    "s": 53.271,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82164,
    "c": 0.13435,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.56446
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDCB5B

secondary

#40418C

accent

#4EDD4B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDCB5B

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

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