#CDC15A#CDC15A

#CDC15A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.125 H 102.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC15A
RGB	rgb(205, 193, 90)
HSL	hsl(54, 53%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(54, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 56.1%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.20, -8.88, 52.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.20, 53.20, 99.61°)
OKLab	oklab(80.04% -0.0275 0.1221)
OKLCH	oklch(80.04% 0.125 102.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.0938, 51.8589, 17.2526)
Luminance	0.5186 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC15A #5A66CD

analogous

#CD875A #CDC15A #9FCD5A

triadic

#CDC15A #5ACDC1 #C15ACD

tetradic

#CDC15A #5ACD87 #5A66CD #CD5A9F

square

#CDC15A #5ACD87 #5A66CD #CD5A9F

split-complementary

#CDC15A #5A9FCD #875ACD

monochromatic

#847B28 #B3A636 #CDC15A #DBD389 #E9E4B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#CDC15A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.37

#CDC15A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC15A

11.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC15A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC15A	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)

#D0BB50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C15F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBB5AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc15a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 193, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.125 102.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd38c',
    500: '#cdc15a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc15a;
$custom-light: #dfd38c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc15a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.739,
    "s": 53.488,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80036,
    "c": 0.12513,
    "h": 102.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.51857
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC15A

secondary

#40478C

accent

#5ADD4B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC15A

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

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