#CDC25F#CDC25F

#CDC25F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.524; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.121 H 103.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC25F
RGB	rgb(205, 194, 95)
HSL	hsl(54, 52%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(54, 54%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 53.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.51, -9.00, 50.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.51, 51.28, 100.10°)
OKLab	oklab(80.31% -0.0273 0.1184)
OKLCH	oklch(80.31% 0.121 103)
XYZ	xyz(46.5356, 52.3905, 18.4853)
Luminance	0.5239 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC25F #5F6ACD

analogous

#CD8B5F #CDC25F #A1CD5F

triadic

#CDC25F #5FCDC2 #C25FCD

tetradic

#CDC25F #5FCD8B #5F6ACD #CD5FA1

square

#CDC25F #5FCD8B #5F6ACD #CD5FA1

split-complementary

#CDC25F #5FA1CD #8B5FCD

monochromatic

#877E2A #B6A939 #CDC25F #DCD48E #EAE6BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#CDC25F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.48

#CDC25F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC25F

11.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC25F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC25F	1.00	1.83	11.48	11.48
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BC56

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C264

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAB7AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc25f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 194, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.121 103.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded48f',
    500: '#cdc25f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc25f;
$custom-light: #ded48f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc25f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54,
    "s": 52.381,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80305,
    "c": 0.12146,
    "h": 103
  },
  "luminance": 0.52389
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC25F

secondary

#424A8E

accent

#5ADC4C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC25F

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

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