#CDC25B#CDC25B

#CDC25B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.523; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.125 H 103.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC25B
RGB	rgb(205, 194, 91)
HSL	hsl(54, 53%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(54, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 55.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.47, -9.31, 52.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.47, 53.13, 100.10°)
OKLab	oklab(80.26% -0.0286 0.1219)
OKLCH	oklch(80.26% 0.125 103.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.3585, 52.3197, 17.5522)
Luminance	0.5232 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC25B #5B66CD

analogous

#CD895B #CDC25B #9FCD5B

triadic

#CDC25B #5BCDC2 #C25BCD

tetradic

#CDC25B #5BCD89 #5B66CD #CD5B9F

square

#CDC25B #5BCD89 #5B66CD #CD5B9F

split-complementary

#CDC25B #5B9FCD #895BCD

monochromatic

#857C29 #B4A837 #CDC25B #DBD38A #EAE5B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#CDC25B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.46

#CDC25B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC25B

11.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC25B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC25B	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)

#D1BC51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C260

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBB6AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc25b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 194, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.125 103.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd48d',
    500: '#cdc25b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc25b;
$custom-light: #dfd48d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc25b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.211,
    "s": 53.271,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80258,
    "c": 0.12518,
    "h": 103.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.52318
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC25B

secondary

#40478C

accent

#59DD4B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC25B

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

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