#CDC59E#CDC59E

#CDC59E is a very light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.554; OKLCH L 82.0% C 0.053 H 97.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC59E
RGB	rgb(205, 197, 158)
HSL	hsl(50, 32%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(50, 23%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 22.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.26, -3.47, 20.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.26, 20.90, 99.56°)
OKLab	oklab(82% -0.0071 0.0525)
OKLCH	oklch(82% 0.053 97.7)
XYZ	xyz(51.3146, 55.3812, 40.3276)
Luminance	0.5538 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC59E #9EA6CD

analogous

#CDAD9E #CDC59E #BDCD9E

triadic

#CDC59E #9ECDC5 #C59ECD

tetradic

#CDC59E #9ECDAD #9EA6CD #CD9EBD

square

#CDC59E #9ECDAD #9EA6CD #CD9EBD

split-complementary

#CDC59E #9EBDCD #AD9ECD

monochromatic

#9F9252 #B8AD76 #CDC59E #E2DDC6 #F5F3EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#CDC59E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.08

#CDC59E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC59E

12.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC59E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC59E	1.00	1.74	12.08	12.08
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#CDC39C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#CFC69F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5BFBA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc59e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 197, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.0% 0.053 97.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dcd6ba',
    500: '#cdc59e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc59e;
$custom-light: #dcd6ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc59e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.787,
    "s": 31.973,
    "l": 71.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82,
    "c": 0.05302,
    "h": 97.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.5538
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC59E

secondary

#6D76A2

accent

#4EAB3B

background

#FEFEFD

surface

#FCFBF8

border

#D5D4D1

text

#151411

muted

#848381

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC59E

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

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