#CDC859#CDC859

#CDC859 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.550; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.133 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC859
RGB	rgb(205, 200, 89)
HSL	hsl(57, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(57, 57%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 56.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.05, -12.52, 55.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.05, 56.42, 102.82°)
OKLab	oklab(81.5% -0.038 0.1274)
OKLCH	oklch(81.5% 0.133 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.6357, 55.0104, 17.5580)
Luminance	0.5501 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC859 #595ECD

analogous

#CD8E59 #CDC859 #98CD59

triadic

#CDC859 #59CDC8 #C859CD

tetradic

#CDC859 #59CD8E #595ECD #CD5998

square

#CDC859 #59CD8E #595ECD #CD5998

split-complementary

#CDC859 #5998CD #8E59CD

monochromatic

#848028 #B3AE36 #CDC859 #DBD888 #E9E7B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#CDC859 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.00

#CDC859 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC859

12.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC859	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC859	1.00	1.75	12.00	12.00
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C14D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC65F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DABCB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc859;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 200, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.133 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd88c',
    500: '#cdc859',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc859;
$custom-light: #dfd88c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc859",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.414,
    "s": 53.704,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81504,
    "c": 0.13298,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.55009
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC859

secondary

#3F428B

accent

#51DD4B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC859

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

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