#CDC05E#CDC05E

#CDC05E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.120 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC05E
RGB	rgb(205, 192, 94)
HSL	hsl(53, 53%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(53, 54%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 54.1%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.97, -8.05, 50.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.97, 50.97, 99.09°)
OKLab	oklab(79.87% -0.0247 0.1179)
OKLCH	oklch(79.87% 0.12 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.0483, 51.4882, 18.1001)
Luminance	0.5149 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC05E #5E6BCD

analogous

#CD885E #CDC05E #A2CD5E

triadic

#CDC05E #5ECDC0 #C05ECD

tetradic

#CDC05E #5ECD88 #5E6BCD #CD5EA2

square

#CDC05E #5ECD88 #5E6BCD #CD5EA2

split-complementary

#CDC05E #5EA2CD #885ECD

monochromatic

#877C2A #B5A738 #CDC05E #DCD28D #EAE5BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#CDC05E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.30

#CDC05E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC05E

11.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC05E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC05E	1.00	1.86	11.30	11.30
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFBB55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C163

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBB5AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc05e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 192, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.120 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd28e',
    500: '#cdc05e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc05e;
$custom-light: #dfd28e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc05e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.973,
    "s": 52.607,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79873,
    "c": 0.12047,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.51487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC05E

secondary

#414A8E

accent

#5DDC4C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC05E

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

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