#CDC359#CDC359

#CDC359 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.527; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.128 H 103.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC359
RGB	rgb(205, 195, 89)
HSL	hsl(55, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(55, 57%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 56.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.72, -9.98, 53.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.72, 54.43, 100.56°)
OKLab	oklab(80.45% -0.0308 0.1242)
OKLCH	oklch(80.45% 0.128 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.4966, 52.7322, 17.1783)
Luminance	0.5273 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC359 #5963CD

analogous

#CD8959 #CDC359 #9DCD59

triadic

#CDC359 #59CDC3 #C359CD

tetradic

#CDC359 #59CD89 #5963CD #CD599D

square

#CDC359 #59CD89 #5963CD #CD599D

split-complementary

#CDC359 #599DCD #8959CD

monochromatic

#847C28 #B3A836 #CDC359 #DBD488 #E9E5B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#CDC359 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.55

#CDC359 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC359

11.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC359	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC359	1.00	1.82	11.55	11.55
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BD4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C35E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBB7AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc359;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 195, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.128 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd48b',
    500: '#cdc359',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc359;
$custom-light: #dfd48b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc359",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.828,
    "s": 53.704,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80446,
    "c": 0.12796,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.52731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC359

secondary

#3F468B

accent

#57DD4B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC359

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

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