#CDC85A#CDC85A

#CDC85A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.550; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.132 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC85A
RGB	rgb(205, 200, 90)
HSL	hsl(57, 53%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(57, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 56.1%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.06, -12.45, 54.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.06, 55.97, 102.85°)
OKLab	oklab(81.52% -0.0377 0.1266)
OKLCH	oklch(81.52% 0.132 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.6780, 55.0273, 17.7807)
Luminance	0.5503 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC85A #5A5FCD

analogous

#CD8E5A #CDC85A #99CD5A

triadic

#CDC85A #5ACDC8 #C85ACD

tetradic

#CDC85A #5ACD8E #5A5FCD #CD5A99

square

#CDC85A #5ACD8E #5A5FCD #CD5A99

split-complementary

#CDC85A #5A99CD #8E5ACD

monochromatic

#848028 #B3AE36 #CDC85A #DBD889 #E9E7B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#CDC85A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.01

#CDC85A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC85A

12.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC85A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC85A	1.00	1.75	12.01	12.01
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C14F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC660

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DABCB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc85a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 200, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.132 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd88c',
    500: '#cdc85a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc85a;
$custom-light: #dfd88c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc85a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.391,
    "s": 53.488,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81515,
    "c": 0.1321,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.55026
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC85A

secondary

#40438C

accent

#51DD4B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC85A

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

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