#CDC95E#CDC95E

#CDC95E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.130 H 107.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC95E
RGB	rgb(205, 201, 94)
HSL	hsl(58, 53%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(58, 54%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 54.1%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.36, -12.64, 53.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.36, 54.58, 103.39°)
OKLab	oklab(81.77% -0.0378 0.1239)
OKLCH	oklch(81.77% 0.13 107)
XYZ	xyz(48.0852, 55.5620, 18.7791)
Luminance	0.5556 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC95E #5E62CD

analogous

#CD915E #CDC95E #99CD5E

triadic

#CDC95E #5ECDC9 #C95ECD

tetradic

#CDC95E #5ECD91 #5E62CD #CD5E99

square

#CDC95E #5ECD91 #5E62CD #CD5E99

split-complementary

#CDC95E #5E99CD #915ECD

monochromatic

#87832A #B5B138 #CDC95E #DCD98D #EAE8BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#CDC95E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.11

#CDC95E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC95E

12.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC95E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC95E	1.00	1.73	12.11	12.11
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C253

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC764

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DABEB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc95e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 201, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.130 107.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd98f',
    500: '#cdc95e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc95e;
$custom-light: #dfd98f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc95e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.838,
    "s": 52.607,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81772,
    "c": 0.12953,
    "h": 107
  },
  "luminance": 0.55561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC95E

secondary

#41448E

accent

#51DC4C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC95E

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

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