#CDC759#CDC759

#CDC759 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.545; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.132 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC759
RGB	rgb(205, 199, 89)
HSL	hsl(57, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(57, 57%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 56.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.78, -12.02, 54.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.78, 56.02, 102.39°)
OKLab	oklab(81.29% -0.0366 0.1268)
OKLCH	oklch(81.29% 0.132 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.4049, 54.5487, 17.4811)
Luminance	0.5455 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC759 #595FCD

analogous

#CD8D59 #CDC759 #99CD59

triadic

#CDC759 #59CDC7 #C759CD

tetradic

#CDC759 #59CD8D #595FCD #CD5999

square

#CDC759 #59CD8D #595FCD #CD5999

split-complementary

#CDC759 #5999CD #8D59CD

monochromatic

#847F28 #B3AC36 #CDC759 #DBD788 #E9E7B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#CDC759 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.91

#CDC759 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC759

11.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC759	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC759	1.00	1.76	11.91	11.91
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C04E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C55F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBBBAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc759;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 199, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.132 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd78c',
    500: '#cdc759',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc759;
$custom-light: #dfd78c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc759",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.897,
    "s": 53.704,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81292,
    "c": 0.13196,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.54547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC759

secondary

#3F438B

accent

#52DD4B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC759

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

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