#CDC059#CDC059

#CDC059 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.125 H 102.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC059
RGB	rgb(205, 192, 89)
HSL	hsl(53, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(53, 57%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 56.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.92, -8.44, 52.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.92, 53.28, 99.12°)
OKLab	oklab(79.81% -0.0264 0.1223)
OKLCH	oklch(79.81% 0.125 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.8312, 51.4014, 16.9565)
Luminance	0.5140 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC059 #5966CD

analogous

#CD8659 #CDC059 #A0CD59

triadic

#CDC059 #59CDC0 #C059CD

tetradic

#CDC059 #59CD86 #5966CD #CD59A0

square

#CDC059 #59CD86 #5966CD #CD59A0

split-complementary

#CDC059 #59A0CD #8659CD

monochromatic

#847A28 #B3A536 #CDC059 #DBD288 #E9E4B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#CDC059 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.28

#CDC059 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC059

11.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC059	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC059	1.00	1.86	11.28	11.28
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFBB4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C15E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBB4A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc059;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 192, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.125 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd28b',
    500: '#cdc059',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc059;
$custom-light: #dfd28b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc059",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.276,
    "s": 53.704,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79814,
    "c": 0.12508,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC059

secondary

#3F488B

accent

#5BDD4B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC059

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

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