#CDC591#CDC591

#CDC591 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.550; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.069 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC591
RGB	rgb(205, 197, 145)
HSL	hsl(52, 38%, 69%)
HSV	hsv(52, 29%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 29.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.02, -5.24, 27.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.02, 27.66, 100.93°)
OKLab	oklab(81.73% -0.0125 0.0682)
OKLCH	oklch(81.73% 0.069 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(50.2543, 54.9570, 34.7430)
Luminance	0.5496 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC591 #9199CD

analogous

#CDA791 #CDC591 #B7CD91

triadic

#CDC591 #91CDC5 #C591CD

tetradic

#CDC591 #91CDA7 #9199CD #CD91B7

square

#CDC591 #91CDA7 #9199CD #CD91B7

split-complementary

#CDC591 #91B7CD #A791CD

monochromatic

#9C9147 #BAAF67 #CDC591 #E0DBBB #F3F1E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#CDC591 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.99

#CDC591 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC591

11.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC591	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC591	1.00	1.75	11.99	11.99
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CFC28E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D1C593

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D6BEB7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc591;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 197, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.069 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd6b1',
    500: '#cdc591',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc591;
$custom-light: #ddd6b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc591",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52,
    "s": 37.5,
    "l": 68.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81728,
    "c": 0.06931,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.54956
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC591

secondary

#6069A2

accent

#46B035

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF7

border

#D5D4D0

text

#151410

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC591

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

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