#CDC15E#CDC15E

#CDC15E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.121 H 102.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC15E
RGB	rgb(205, 193, 94)
HSL	hsl(54, 53%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(54, 54%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 54.1%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.24, -8.56, 50.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.24, 51.36, 99.60°)
OKLab	oklab(80.08% -0.0262 0.1186)
OKLCH	oklch(80.08% 0.121 102.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.2687, 51.9288, 18.1735)
Luminance	0.5193 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC15E #5E6ACD

analogous

#CD895E #CDC15E #A1CD5E

triadic

#CDC15E #5ECDC1 #C15ECD

tetradic

#CDC15E #5ECD89 #5E6ACD #CD5EA1

square

#CDC15E #5ECD89 #5E6ACD #CD5EA1

split-complementary

#CDC15E #5EA1CD #895ECD

monochromatic

#877D2A #B5A838 #CDC15E #DCD38D #EAE5BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#CDC15E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.39

#CDC15E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC15E

11.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC15E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC15E	1.00	1.84	11.39	11.39
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0BC54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C163

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBB6AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc15e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 193, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.121 102.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd38e',
    500: '#cdc15e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc15e;
$custom-light: #dfd38e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc15e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.514,
    "s": 52.607,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80083,
    "c": 0.12143,
    "h": 102.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.51927
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC15E

secondary

#414A8E

accent

#5BDC4C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC15E

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

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