#CDC459#CDC459

#CDC459 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.532; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.129 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC459
RGB	rgb(205, 196, 89)
HSL	hsl(55, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(55, 57%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 56.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.98, -10.49, 53.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.98, 54.82, 101.03°)
OKLab	oklab(80.66% -0.0322 0.1249)
OKLCH	oklch(80.66% 0.129 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.7214, 53.1818, 17.2533)
Luminance	0.5318 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC459 #5962CD

analogous

#CD8A59 #CDC459 #9CCD59

triadic

#CDC459 #59CDC4 #C459CD

tetradic

#CDC459 #59CD8A #5962CD #CD599C

square

#CDC459 #59CD8A #5962CD #CD599C

split-complementary

#CDC459 #599CCD #8A59CD

monochromatic

#847D28 #B3A936 #CDC459 #DBD588 #E9E5B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#CDC459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.64

#CDC459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC459

11.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC459	1.00	1.80	11.64	11.64
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BE4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C35F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBB8AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 196, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.129 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd58b',
    500: '#cdc459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc459;
$custom-light: #dfd58b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.345,
    "s": 53.704,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80657,
    "c": 0.12895,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.5318
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC459

secondary

#3F458B

accent

#56DD4B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC459

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

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