#CDBD59#CDBD59

#CDBD59 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.501; OKLCH L 79.2% C 0.122 H 100.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDBD59
RGB	rgb(205, 189, 89)
HSL	hsl(52, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(52, 57%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.8%, 56.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.13, -6.89, 51.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.13, 52.16, 97.59°)
OKLab	oklab(79.19% -0.0219 0.1203)
OKLCH	oklch(79.19% 0.122 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.1792, 50.0974, 16.7392)
Luminance	0.5010 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDBD59 #5969CD

analogous

#CD8359 #CDBD59 #A3CD59

triadic

#CDBD59 #59CDBD #BD59CD

tetradic

#CDBD59 #59CD83 #5969CD #CD59A3

square

#CDBD59 #59CD83 #5969CD #CD59A3

split-complementary

#CDBD59 #59A3CD #8359CD

monochromatic

#847728 #B3A236 #CDBD59 #DBD088 #E9E2B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.91

#CDBD59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.02

#CDBD59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDBD59

11.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDBD59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDBD59	1.00	1.91	11.02	11.02
#FFFFFF	1.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDB84F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1BE5E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBB1A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BCBCBC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdbd59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 189, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.2% 0.122 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd08b',
    500: '#cdbd59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdbd59;
$custom-light: #dfd08b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdbd59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.724,
    "s": 53.704,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79185,
    "c": 0.12231,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.50096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDBD59

secondary

#3F4A8B

accent

#5FDD4B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDBD59

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

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