#CDC58D#CDC58D

#CDC58D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.548; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.074 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC58D
RGB	rgb(205, 197, 141)
HSL	hsl(53, 39%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(53, 31%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 31.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.95, -5.76, 29.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.95, 29.72, 101.17°)
OKLab	oklab(81.65% -0.0141 0.0729)
OKLCH	oklch(81.65% 0.074 101)
XYZ	xyz(49.9513, 54.8358, 33.1472)
Luminance	0.5484 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC58D #8D95CD

analogous

#CDA58D #CDC58D #B5CD8D

triadic

#CDC58D #8DCDC5 #C58DCD

tetradic

#CDC58D #8DCDA5 #8D95CD #CD8DB5

square

#CDC58D #8DCDA5 #8D95CD #CD8DB5

split-complementary

#CDC58D #8DB5CD #A58DCD

monochromatic

#9B9144 #BAAF62 #CDC58D #E0DBB8 #F2F0E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#CDC58D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.97

#CDC58D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC58D

11.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC58D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC58D	1.00	1.75	11.97	11.97
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFC189

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2C58F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D7BDB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc58d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 197, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.074 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd6ae',
    500: '#cdc58d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc58d;
$custom-light: #ddd6ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc58d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 39.024,
    "l": 67.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8165,
    "c": 0.07421,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.54835
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC58D

secondary

#5C65A2

accent

#43B233

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF7

border

#D5D4D0

text

#151410

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC58D

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

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