#CDC85E#CDC85E

#CDC85E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.551; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.128 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC85E
RGB	rgb(205, 200, 94)
HSL	hsl(57, 53%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(57, 54%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 54.1%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.10, -12.14, 52.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.10, 54.16, 102.95°)
OKLab	oklab(81.56% -0.0364 0.1232)
OKLCH	oklch(81.56% 0.128 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.8529, 55.0973, 18.7016)
Luminance	0.5510 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC85E #5E63CD

analogous

#CD905E #CDC85E #9ACD5E

triadic

#CDC85E #5ECDC8 #C85ECD

tetradic

#CDC85E #5ECD90 #5E63CD #CD5E9A

square

#CDC85E #5ECD90 #5E63CD #CD5E9A

split-complementary

#CDC85E #5E9ACD #905ECD

monochromatic

#87832A #B5B038 #CDC85E #DCD88D #EAE8BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#CDC85E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.02

#CDC85E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC85E

12.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC85E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC85E	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)

#D7C154

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C663

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DABDB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc85e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 200, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.128 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd88f',
    500: '#cdc85e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc85e;
$custom-light: #dfd88f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc85e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.297,
    "s": 52.607,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8156,
    "c": 0.12848,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.55096
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC85E

secondary

#41458E

accent

#52DC4C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC85E

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

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