#CDC35E#CDC35E

#CDC35E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.528; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.123 H 103.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC35E
RGB	rgb(205, 195, 94)
HSL	hsl(55, 53%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(55, 54%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 54.1%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.77, -9.59, 51.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.77, 52.14, 100.60°)
OKLab	oklab(80.5% -0.0291 0.1199)
OKLCH	oklch(80.5% 0.123 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.7138, 52.8191, 18.3219)
Luminance	0.5282 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC35E #5E68CD

analogous

#CD8B5E #CDC35E #9FCD5E

triadic

#CDC35E #5ECDC3 #C35ECD

tetradic

#CDC35E #5ECD8B #5E68CD #CD5E9F

square

#CDC35E #5ECD8B #5E68CD #CD5E9F

split-complementary

#CDC35E #5E9FCD #8B5ECD

monochromatic

#877E2A #B5AA38 #CDC35E #DCD48D #EAE6BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#CDC35E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.56

#CDC35E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC35E

11.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC35E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC35E	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)

#D2BD54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C363

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAB8AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc35e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 195, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.123 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd48f',
    500: '#cdc35e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc35e;
$custom-light: #dfd48f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc35e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.595,
    "s": 52.607,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80503,
    "c": 0.12339,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.52818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC35E

secondary

#41488E

accent

#59DC4C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC35E

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

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