#CDC85D#CDC85D

#CDC85D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.551; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.129 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC85D
RGB	rgb(205, 200, 93)
HSL	hsl(57, 53%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(57, 55%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 54.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.09, -12.22, 53.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.09, 54.62, 102.92°)
OKLab	oklab(81.55% -0.0367 0.1241)
OKLCH	oklch(81.55% 0.129 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.8083, 55.0794, 18.4668)
Luminance	0.5508 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC85D #5D62CD

analogous

#CD905D #CDC85D #9ACD5D

triadic

#CDC85D #5DCDC8 #C85DCD

tetradic

#CDC85D #5DCD90 #5D62CD #CD5D9A

square

#CDC85D #5DCD90 #5D62CD #CD5D9A

split-complementary

#CDC85D #5D9ACD #905DCD

monochromatic

#868229 #B5AF38 #CDC85D #DBD88C #EAE8BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#CDC85D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.02

#CDC85D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC85D

12.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC85D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC85D	1.00	1.75	12.02	12.02
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C152

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C663

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DABDB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc85d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 200, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.129 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd88e',
    500: '#cdc85d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc85d;
$custom-light: #dfd88e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc85d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.321,
    "s": 52.83,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81549,
    "c": 0.12939,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.55078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC85D

secondary

#41448D

accent

#52DC4C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC85D

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

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