#CDC75E#CDC75E

#CDC75E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.546; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.127 H 105.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC75E
RGB	rgb(205, 199, 94)
HSL	hsl(57, 53%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(57, 54%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 54.1%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.83, -11.63, 52.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.83, 53.75, 102.49°)
OKLab	oklab(81.35% -0.0349 0.1226)
OKLCH	oklch(81.35% 0.127 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(47.6220, 54.6356, 18.6247)
Luminance	0.5463 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC75E #5E64CD

analogous

#CD8F5E #CDC75E #9BCD5E

triadic

#CDC75E #5ECDC7 #C75ECD

tetradic

#CDC75E #5ECD8F #5E64CD #CD5E9B

square

#CDC75E #5ECD8F #5E64CD #CD5E9B

split-complementary

#CDC75E #5E9BCD #8F5ECD

monochromatic

#87822A #B5AF38 #CDC75E #DCD78D #EAE7BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#CDC75E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.93

#CDC75E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC75E

11.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC75E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC75E	1.00	1.76	11.93	11.93
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C054

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C563

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DABCB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc75e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 199, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.127 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd78f',
    500: '#cdc75e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc75e;
$custom-light: #dfd78f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc75e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.757,
    "s": 52.607,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81348,
    "c": 0.12743,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.54634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC75E

secondary

#41468E

accent

#54DC4C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC75E

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

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