#CDC15F#CDC15F

#CDC15F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.120 H 102.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC15F
RGB	rgb(205, 193, 95)
HSL	hsl(53, 52%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(53, 54%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 53.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.25, -8.48, 50.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.25, 50.89, 99.59°)
OKLab	oklab(80.1% -0.0258 0.1177)
OKLCH	oklch(80.1% 0.12 102.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.3138, 51.9469, 18.4114)
Luminance	0.5194 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC15F #5F6BCD

analogous

#CD8A5F #CDC15F #A2CD5F

triadic

#CDC15F #5FCDC1 #C15FCD

tetradic

#CDC15F #5FCD8A #5F6BCD #CD5FA2

square

#CDC15F #5FCD8A #5F6BCD #CD5FA2

split-complementary

#CDC15F #5FA2CD #8A5FCD

monochromatic

#877D2A #B6A839 #CDC15F #DCD38E #EAE5BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#CDC15F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.39

#CDC15F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC15F

11.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC15F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC15F	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)

#D0BC56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C164

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBB6AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc15f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 193, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.120 102.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded38f',
    500: '#cdc15f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc15f;
$custom-light: #ded38f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc15f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.455,
    "s": 52.381,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80095,
    "c": 0.12049,
    "h": 102.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.51945
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC15F

secondary

#424A8E

accent

#5CDC4C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC15F

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

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