#CDC839#CDC839

#CDC839 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.546; OKLCH L 81.2% C 0.157 H 107.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC839
RGB	rgb(205, 200, 57)
HSL	hsl(58, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(58, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 72.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.80, -14.44, 67.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.80, 69.21, 102.05°)
OKLab	oklab(81.23% -0.0468 0.1494)
OKLCH	oklch(81.23% 0.157 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.5714, 54.5847, 11.9528)
Luminance	0.5458 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC839 #393ECD

analogous

#CD7E39 #CDC839 #88CD39

triadic

#CDC839 #39CDC8 #C839CD

tetradic

#CDC839 #39CD7E #393ECD #CD3988

square

#CDC839 #39CD7E #393ECD #CD3988

split-complementary

#CDC839 #3988CD #7E39CD

monochromatic

#6F6D1C #A09C28 #CDC839 #D9D66A #E6E39B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#CDC839 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.92

#CDC839 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC839

11.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC839	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC839	1.00	1.76	11.92	11.92
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C01E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC544

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCBBAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc839;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 200, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.2% 0.157 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d879',
    500: '#cdc839',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc839;
$custom-light: #e0d879;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc839",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.973,
    "s": 59.677,
    "l": 51.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8123,
    "c": 0.15658,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.54583
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC839

secondary

#323479

accent

#4AE345

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC839

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

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