#CDC85F#CDC85F

#CDC85F 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	#CDC85F
RGB	rgb(205, 200, 95)
HSL	hsl(57, 52%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(57, 54%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 53.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.11, -12.06, 52.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.11, 53.71, 102.97°)
OKLab	oklab(81.57% -0.036 0.1224)
OKLCH	oklch(81.57% 0.128 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(47.8980, 55.1153, 18.9395)
Luminance	0.5511 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC85F #5F64CD

analogous

#CD915F #CDC85F #9BCD5F

triadic

#CDC85F #5FCDC8 #C85FCD

tetradic

#CDC85F #5FCD91 #5F64CD #CD5F9B

square

#CDC85F #5FCD91 #5F64CD #CD5F9B

split-complementary

#CDC85F #5F9BCD #915FCD

monochromatic

#87832A #B6B039 #CDC85F #DCD88E #EAE8BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#CDC85F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.02

#CDC85F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC85F

12.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC85F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC85F	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)

#D7C155

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C664

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DABDB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc85f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 200, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.128 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded88f',
    500: '#cdc85f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc85f;
$custom-light: #ded88f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc85f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.273,
    "s": 52.381,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81572,
    "c": 0.12755,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.55114
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC85F

secondary

#42458E

accent

#53DC4C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC85F

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

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