#CDC15D#CDC15D

#CDC15D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.122 H 102.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC15D
RGB	rgb(205, 193, 93)
HSL	hsl(54, 53%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(54, 55%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 54.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.23, -8.64, 51.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.23, 51.82, 99.60°)
OKLab	oklab(80.07% -0.0265 0.1195)
OKLCH	oklch(80.07% 0.122 102.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.2241, 51.9110, 17.9387)
Luminance	0.5191 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC15D #5D69CD

analogous

#CD895D #CDC15D #A1CD5D

triadic

#CDC15D #5DCDC1 #C15DCD

tetradic

#CDC15D #5DCD89 #5D69CD #CD5DA1

square

#CDC15D #5DCD89 #5D69CD #CD5DA1

split-complementary

#CDC15D #5DA1CD #895DCD

monochromatic

#867C29 #B5A838 #CDC15D #DBD38C #EAE5BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#CDC15D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.38

#CDC15D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC15D

11.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC15D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC15D	1.00	1.85	11.38	11.38
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0BC53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C162

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBB5AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc15d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 193, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.122 102.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd38e',
    500: '#cdc15d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc15d;
$custom-light: #dfd38e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc15d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.571,
    "s": 52.83,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80071,
    "c": 0.12236,
    "h": 102.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.51909
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC15D

secondary

#41498D

accent

#5BDC4C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC15D

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

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