#CDC58A#CDC58A

#CDC58A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.547; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.078 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC58A
RGB	rgb(205, 197, 138)
HSL	hsl(53, 40%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(53, 33%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 32.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.90, -6.13, 30.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.90, 31.27, 101.31°)
OKLab	oklab(81.59% -0.0153 0.0763)
OKLCH	oklch(81.59% 0.078 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(49.7311, 54.7478, 31.9875)
Luminance	0.5475 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC58A #8A92CD

analogous

#CDA48A #CDC58A #B4CD8A

triadic

#CDC58A #8ACDC5 #C58ACD

tetradic

#CDC58A #8ACDA4 #8A92CD #CD8AB4

square

#CDC58A #8ACDA4 #8A92CD #CD8AB4

split-complementary

#CDC58A #8AB4CD #A48ACD

monochromatic

#9B9042 #BBB05F #CDC58A #DFDAB5 #F2F0E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#CDC58A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.95

#CDC58A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC58A

11.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC58A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC58A	1.00	1.76	11.95	11.95
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0C186

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2C58C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7BDB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc58a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 197, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.078 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd6ac',
    500: '#cdc58a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc58a;
$custom-light: #ddd6ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc58a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.836,
    "s": 40.12,
    "l": 67.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81593,
    "c": 0.07783,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.54747
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC58A

secondary

#5A63A1

accent

#42B332

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF7

border

#D5D4D0

text

#151410

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC58A

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

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