#CDC15B#CDC15B

#CDC15B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.124 H 102.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC15B
RGB	rgb(205, 193, 91)
HSL	hsl(54, 53%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(54, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 55.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.21, -8.80, 52.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.21, 52.75, 99.61°)
OKLab	oklab(80.05% -0.0272 0.1212)
OKLCH	oklch(80.05% 0.124 102.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.1366, 51.8760, 17.4783)
Luminance	0.5187 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC15B #5B67CD

analogous

#CD885B #CDC15B #A0CD5B

triadic

#CDC15B #5BCDC1 #C15BCD

tetradic

#CDC15B #5BCD88 #5B67CD #CD5BA0

square

#CDC15B #5BCD88 #5B67CD #CD5BA0

split-complementary

#CDC15B #5BA0CD #885BCD

monochromatic

#857B29 #B4A737 #CDC15B #DBD38A #EAE4B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#CDC15B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.37

#CDC15B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC15B

11.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC15B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC15B	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)

#D0BB51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C160

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBB5AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc15b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 193, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.124 102.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd38c',
    500: '#cdc15b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc15b;
$custom-light: #dfd38c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc15b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.684,
    "s": 53.271,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80047,
    "c": 0.12422,
    "h": 102.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51874
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC15B

secondary

#40488C

accent

#5ADD4B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC15B

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

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