#CDC159#CDC159

#CDC159 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.126 H 102.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC159
RGB	rgb(205, 193, 89)
HSL	hsl(54, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(54, 57%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 56.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.19, -8.96, 52.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.19, 53.66, 99.61°)
OKLab	oklab(80.03% -0.0278 0.1229)
OKLCH	oklch(80.03% 0.126 102.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.0515, 51.8420, 17.0300)
Luminance	0.5184 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC159 #5965CD

analogous

#CD8759 #CDC159 #9FCD59

triadic

#CDC159 #59CDC1 #C159CD

tetradic

#CDC159 #59CD87 #5965CD #CD599F

square

#CDC159 #59CD87 #5965CD #CD599F

split-complementary

#CDC159 #599FCD #8759CD

monochromatic

#847A28 #B3A636 #CDC159 #DBD388 #E9E4B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#CDC159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.37

#CDC159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC159

11.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC159	1.00	1.85	11.37	11.37
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0BB4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C15E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBB5AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 193, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.126 102.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd38b',
    500: '#cdc159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc159;
$custom-light: #dfd38b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.793,
    "s": 53.704,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80025,
    "c": 0.12603,
    "h": 102.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.5184
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC159

secondary

#3F478B

accent

#5ADD4B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC159

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

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