#CDC659#CDC659

#CDC659 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.541; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.131 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC659
RGB	rgb(205, 198, 89)
HSL	hsl(56, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(56, 57%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 56.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.51, -11.51, 54.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.51, 55.62, 101.94°)
OKLab	oklab(81.08% -0.0351 0.1262)
OKLCH	oklch(81.08% 0.131 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.1756, 54.0901, 17.4047)
Luminance	0.5409 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC659 #5960CD

analogous

#CD8C59 #CDC659 #9ACD59

triadic

#CDC659 #59CDC6 #C659CD

tetradic

#CDC659 #59CD8C #5960CD #CD599A

square

#CDC659 #59CD8C #5960CD #CD599A

split-complementary

#CDC659 #599ACD #8C59CD

monochromatic

#847E28 #B3AB36 #CDC659 #DBD688 #E9E6B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#CDC659 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.82

#CDC659 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC659

11.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC659	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC659	1.00	1.78	11.82	11.82
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BF4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C55F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBBAAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc659;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 198, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.131 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd78c',
    500: '#cdc659',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc659;
$custom-light: #dfd78c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc659",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.379,
    "s": 53.704,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8108,
    "c": 0.13095,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.54089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC659

secondary

#3F448B

accent

#54DD4B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC659

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

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