#CDC05F#CDC05F

#CDC05F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.120 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC05F
RGB	rgb(205, 192, 95)
HSL	hsl(53, 52%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(53, 54%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 53.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.98, -7.97, 49.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.98, 50.50, 99.08°)
OKLab	oklab(79.88% -0.0243 0.117)
OKLCH	oklch(79.88% 0.12 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.0935, 51.5063, 18.3380)
Luminance	0.5151 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC05F #5F6CCD

analogous

#CD895F #CDC05F #A3CD5F

triadic

#CDC05F #5FCDC0 #C05FCD

tetradic

#CDC05F #5FCD89 #5F6CCD #CD5FA3

square

#CDC05F #5FCD89 #5F6CCD #CD5FA3

split-complementary

#CDC05F #5FA3CD #895FCD

monochromatic

#877C2A #B6A739 #CDC05F #DCD28E #EAE5BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#CDC05F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.30

#CDC05F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC05F

11.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC05F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC05F	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)

#CFBB56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D3C164

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBB5AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc05f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 192, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.120 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded28f',
    500: '#cdc05f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc05f;
$custom-light: #ded28f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc05f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.909,
    "s": 52.381,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79885,
    "c": 0.11952,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51505
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC05F

secondary

#424B8E

accent

#5DDC4C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC05F

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

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