#CDC35A#CDC35A

#CDC35A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.527; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.127 H 103.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC35A
RGB	rgb(205, 195, 90)
HSL	hsl(55, 53%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(55, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 56.1%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.73, -9.90, 53.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.73, 53.98, 100.57°)
OKLab	oklab(80.46% -0.0304 0.1234)
OKLCH	oklch(80.46% 0.127 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.5389, 52.7491, 17.4010)
Luminance	0.5275 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC35A #5A64CD

analogous

#CD8A5A #CDC35A #9DCD5A

triadic

#CDC35A #5ACDC3 #C35ACD

tetradic

#CDC35A #5ACD8A #5A64CD #CD5A9D

square

#CDC35A #5ACD8A #5A64CD #CD5A9D

split-complementary

#CDC35A #5A9DCD #8A5ACD

monochromatic

#847C28 #B3A936 #CDC35A #DBD489 #E9E5B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#CDC35A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.55

#CDC35A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC35A

11.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC35A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC35A	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)

#D2BD4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C35F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBB7AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc35a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 195, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.127 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd48c',
    500: '#cdc35a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc35a;
$custom-light: #dfd48c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc35a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.783,
    "s": 53.488,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80457,
    "c": 0.12707,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.52748
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC35A

secondary

#40468C

accent

#58DD4B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC35A

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

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