#CDC35D#CDC35D

#CDC35D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.528; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.124 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC35D
RGB	rgb(205, 195, 93)
HSL	hsl(55, 53%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(55, 55%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 54.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.76, -9.67, 51.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.76, 52.60, 100.59°)
OKLab	oklab(80.49% -0.0294 0.1208)
OKLCH	oklch(80.49% 0.124 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.6692, 52.8012, 18.0871)
Luminance	0.5280 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC35D #5D67CD

analogous

#CD8B5D #CDC35D #9FCD5D

triadic

#CDC35D #5DCDC3 #C35DCD

tetradic

#CDC35D #5DCD8B #5D67CD #CD5D9F

square

#CDC35D #5DCD8B #5D67CD #CD5D9F

split-complementary

#CDC35D #5D9FCD #8B5DCD

monochromatic

#867E29 #B5AA38 #CDC35D #DBD48C #EAE6BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#CDC35D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.56

#CDC35D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC35D

11.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC35D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC35D	1.00	1.82	11.56	11.56
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BD53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C362

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBB7AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc35d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 195, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.124 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd48e',
    500: '#cdc35d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc35d;
$custom-light: #dfd48e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc35d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.643,
    "s": 52.83,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80492,
    "c": 0.12432,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.528
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC35D

secondary

#41488D

accent

#58DC4C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC35D

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

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