#CDC35F#CDC35F

#CDC35F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.528; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.122 H 103.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC35F
RGB	rgb(205, 195, 95)
HSL	hsl(55, 52%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(55, 54%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 53.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.78, -9.51, 50.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.78, 51.68, 100.60°)
OKLab	oklab(80.52% -0.0288 0.119)
OKLCH	oklch(80.52% 0.122 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.7589, 52.8371, 18.5598)
Luminance	0.5284 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC35F #5F69CD

analogous

#CD8C5F #CDC35F #A0CD5F

triadic

#CDC35F #5FCDC3 #C35FCD

tetradic

#CDC35F #5FCD8C #5F69CD #CD5FA0

square

#CDC35F #5FCD8C #5F69CD #CD5FA0

split-complementary

#CDC35F #5FA0CD #8C5FCD

monochromatic

#877F2A #B6AB39 #CDC35F #DCD48E #EAE6BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#CDC35F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.57

#CDC35F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC35F

11.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC35F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC35F	1.00	1.82	11.57	11.57
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BD55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C364

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAB8AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc35f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 195, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.122 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded48f',
    500: '#cdc35f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc35f;
$custom-light: #ded48f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc35f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.545,
    "s": 52.381,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80515,
    "c": 0.12245,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.52836
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC35F

secondary

#42498E

accent

#59DC4C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC35F

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

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