#CDC58E#CDC58E

#CDC58E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.549; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.073 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC58E
RGB	rgb(205, 197, 142)
HSL	hsl(52, 39%, 68%)
HSV	hsv(52, 31%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 30.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.96, -5.63, 28.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.96, 29.21, 101.11°)
OKLab	oklab(81.67% -0.0137 0.0717)
OKLCH	oklch(81.67% 0.073 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(50.0260, 54.8657, 33.5408)
Luminance	0.5486 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC58E #8E96CD

analogous

#CDA58E #CDC58E #B5CD8E

triadic

#CDC58E #8ECDC5 #C58ECD

tetradic

#CDC58E #8ECDA5 #8E96CD #CD8EB5

square

#CDC58E #8ECDA5 #8E96CD #CD8EB5

split-complementary

#CDC58E #8EB5CD #A58ECD

monochromatic

#9C9145 #BAAF64 #CDC58E #E0DBB8 #F3F1E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#CDC58E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.97

#CDC58E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC58E

11.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC58E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC58E	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)

#CFC18A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D2C590

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6BDB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc58e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 197, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.073 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd6af',
    500: '#cdc58e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc58e;
$custom-light: #ddd6af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc58e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.381,
    "s": 38.65,
    "l": 68.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81669,
    "c": 0.07298,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.54865
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC58E

secondary

#5D66A2

accent

#44B234

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF7

border

#D5D4D0

text

#151410

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC58E

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

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