#CDC259#CDC259

#CDC259 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.523; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.127 H 103.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC259
RGB	rgb(205, 194, 89)
HSL	hsl(54, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(54, 57%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 56.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.45, -9.47, 53.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.45, 54.05, 100.09°)
OKLab	oklab(80.24% -0.0293 0.1236)
OKLCH	oklch(80.24% 0.127 103.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.2733, 52.2856, 17.1039)
Luminance	0.5228 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC259 #5964CD

analogous

#CD8859 #CDC259 #9ECD59

triadic

#CDC259 #59CDC2 #C259CD

tetradic

#CDC259 #59CD88 #5964CD #CD599E

square

#CDC259 #59CD88 #5964CD #CD599E

split-complementary

#CDC259 #599ECD #8859CD

monochromatic

#847B28 #B3A736 #CDC259 #DBD388 #E9E5B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#CDC259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.46

#CDC259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC259

11.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC259	1.00	1.83	11.46	11.46
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BC4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C25E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBB6AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 194, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.127 103.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd48b',
    500: '#cdc259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc259;
$custom-light: #dfd48b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.31,
    "s": 53.704,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80235,
    "c": 0.127,
    "h": 103.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.52284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC259

secondary

#3F468B

accent

#59DD4B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC259

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

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