#CDC59A#CDC59A

#CDC59A is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 81.9% C 0.058 H 98.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC59A
RGB	rgb(205, 197, 154)
HSL	hsl(51, 34%, 70%)
HSV	hsv(51, 25%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 24.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.18, -4.03, 22.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.18, 22.98, 100.11°)
OKLab	oklab(81.91% -0.0088 0.0574)
OKLCH	oklch(81.91% 0.058 98.7)
XYZ	xyz(50.9759, 55.2457, 38.5437)
Luminance	0.5524 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC59A #9AA2CD

analogous

#CDAB9A #CDC59A #BBCD9A

triadic

#CDC59A #9ACDC5 #C59ACD

tetradic

#CDC59A #9ACDAB #9AA2CD #CD9ABB

square

#CDC59A #9ACDAB #9AA2CD #CD9ABB

split-complementary

#CDC59A #9ABBCD #AB9ACD

monochromatic

#9E924E #B9AD71 #CDC59A #E1DDC3 #F5F3EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#CDC59A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.05

#CDC59A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC59A

12.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC59A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC59A	1.00	1.74	12.05	12.05
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CEC297

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D0C69B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5BFB9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc59a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 197, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.9% 0.058 98.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd6b8',
    500: '#cdc59a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc59a;
$custom-light: #dcd6b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc59a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.588,
    "s": 33.775,
    "l": 70.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81913,
    "c": 0.05809,
    "h": 98.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.55245
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC59A

secondary

#6972A2

accent

#4BAD39

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#151411

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC59A

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

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