#CDCE3B#CDCE3B
#CDCE3B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.574; OKLCH L 82.5% C 0.161 H 109.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #CDCE3B |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(205, 206, 59) |
| HSL | hsl(60, 60%, 52%) |
| HSV | hsv(60, 71%, 81%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 71.4%, 19.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(80.43, -17.35, 68.55) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(80.43, 70.71, 104.20°) |
| OKLab | oklab(82.53% -0.0547 0.1516) |
| OKLCH | oklch(82.53% 0.161 109.9) |
| XYZ | xyz(48.0393, 57.4389, 12.6931) |
| Luminance | 0.5744 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Dirty Yellow
#CDC50A
ΔE00 3.76
Vomit Yellow
#C7C10C
ΔE00 4.01
Piss Yellow
#DDD618
ΔE00 4.15
Puke Yellow
#C2BE0E
ΔE00 4.40
Baby Puke Green
#B6C406
ΔE00 4.40
Bile
#B5C306
ΔE00 4.58
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#CDCE3B #3C3BCE
analogous
#CE863B #CDCE3B #84CE3B
triadic
#CDCE3B #3BCDCE #CE3BCD
tetradic
#CDCE3B #3BCE86 #3C3BCE #CE3B84
square
#CDCE3B #3BCE86 #3C3BCE #CE3B84
split-complementary
#CDCE3B #3B84CE #863BCE
monochromatic
#71721D #A2A329 #CDCE3B #D9DA6C #E6E69D
Accessibility & contrast
On white
1.68
#CDCE3B on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
12.49
#CDCE3B on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #CDCE3B
12.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##CDCE3B | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##CDCE3B | 1.00 | 1.68 | 12.49 | 12.49 |
| #FFFFFF | 1.68 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 12.49 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 12.49 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#DEC51F
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#E0CA46
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#DBC1B2
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C8C8C8
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #cdce3b; /* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 206, 59); /* oklch */ color: oklch(82.5% 0.161 109.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#e0dc7b',
500: '#cdce3b',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #cdce3b; $custom-light: #e0dc7b; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#cdce3b",
"rgb": {
"r": 205,
"g": 206,
"b": 59
},
"hsl": {
"h": 60.408,
"s": 60,
"l": 51.961
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.8253,
"c": 0.16118,
"h": 109.9
},
"luminance": 0.57438
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#CDCE3B
secondary
#33327B
accent
#45E346
background
#FEFEFB
surface
#FCFBF2
border
#D5D4CC
text
#16150A
muted
#84847D