#CDBC59#CDBC59

#CDBC59 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.497; OKLCH L 79.0% C 0.121 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDBC59
RGB	rgb(205, 188, 89)
HSL	hsl(51, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(51, 57%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.3%, 56.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(75.87, -6.38, 51.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(75.87, 51.79, 97.07°)
OKLab	oklab(78.98% -0.0204 0.1197)
OKLCH	oklch(78.98% 0.121 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(44.9648, 49.6686, 16.6677)
Luminance	0.4967 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDBC59 #596ACD

analogous

#CD8259 #CDBC59 #A4CD59

triadic

#CDBC59 #59CDBC #BC59CD

tetradic

#CDBC59 #59CD82 #596ACD #CD59A4

square

#CDBC59 #59CD82 #596ACD #CD59A4

split-complementary

#CDBC59 #59A4CD #8259CD

monochromatic

#847628 #B3A136 #CDBC59 #DBCF88 #E9E2B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.92

#CDBC59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.93

#CDBC59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDBC59

10.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDBC59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDBC59	1.00	1.92	10.93	10.93
#FFFFFF	1.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CCB74F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BE5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBB0A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BBBBBB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdbc59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 188, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.0% 0.121 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfcf8b',
    500: '#cdbc59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdbc59;
$custom-light: #dfcf8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdbc59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.207,
    "s": 53.704,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78977,
    "c": 0.12141,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.49667
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDBC59

secondary

#AAB0D8

accent

#60DD4B

background

#FEFCF8

surface

#FCF9F0

border

#D5D2CB

text

#15130C

muted

#84827D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDBC59

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

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