#CDC258#CDC258

#CDC258 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.523; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.128 H 103.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC258
RGB	rgb(205, 194, 88)
HSL	hsl(54, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(54, 57%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 57.1%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.44, -9.54, 53.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.44, 54.50, 100.09°)
OKLab	oklab(80.22% -0.0296 0.1244)
OKLCH	oklch(80.22% 0.128 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.2316, 52.2689, 16.8843)
Luminance	0.5227 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC258 #5863CD

analogous

#CD8858 #CDC258 #9DCD58

triadic

#CDC258 #58CDC2 #C258CD

tetradic

#CDC258 #58CD88 #5863CD #CD589D

square

#CDC258 #58CD88 #5863CD #CD589D

split-complementary

#CDC258 #589DCD #8858CD

monochromatic

#837B27 #B2A735 #CDC258 #DBD387 #E9E4B6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#CDC258 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.45

#CDC258 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC258

11.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC258	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC258	1.00	1.83	11.45	11.45
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BC4D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C25D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBB6AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc258;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 194, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.128 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd48b',
    500: '#cdc258',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc258;
$custom-light: #dfd48b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc258",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.359,
    "s": 53.917,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80224,
    "c": 0.12789,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.52267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC258

secondary

#3F468B

accent

#58DD4B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC258

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

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