#CDC85C#CDC85C

#CDC85C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.551; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.130 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC85C
RGB	rgb(205, 200, 92)
HSL	hsl(57, 53%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(57, 55%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 55.1%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.08, -12.29, 53.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.08, 55.07, 102.90°)
OKLab	oklab(81.54% -0.037 0.1249)
OKLCH	oklch(81.54% 0.13 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.7643, 55.0618, 18.2351)
Luminance	0.5506 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC85C #5C61CD

analogous

#CD8F5C #CDC85C #99CD5C

triadic

#CDC85C #5CCDC8 #C85CCD

tetradic

#CDC85C #5CCD8F #5C61CD #CD5C99

square

#CDC85C #5CCD8F #5C61CD #CD5C99

split-complementary

#CDC85C #5C99CD #8F5CCD

monochromatic

#868229 #B4AF37 #CDC85C #DBD88B #EAE8BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#CDC85C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.01

#CDC85C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC85C

12.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC85C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC85C	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)

#D7C151

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C662

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DABCB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc85c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 200, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.130 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd88e',
    500: '#cdc85c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc85c;
$custom-light: #dfd88e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc85c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.345,
    "s": 53.052,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81537,
    "c": 0.13031,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.5506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC85C

secondary

#40448D

accent

#52DC4B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC85C

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

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