#CDC95F#CDC95F

#CDC95F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.556; OKLCH L 81.8% C 0.129 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC95F
RGB	rgb(205, 201, 95)
HSL	hsl(58, 52%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(58, 54%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 53.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.37, -12.56, 52.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.37, 54.12, 103.42°)
OKLab	oklab(81.78% -0.0375 0.123)
OKLCH	oklch(81.78% 0.129 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(48.1304, 55.5800, 19.0169)
Luminance	0.5558 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC95F #5F63CD

analogous

#CD925F #CDC95F #9ACD5F

triadic

#CDC95F #5FCDC9 #C95FCD

tetradic

#CDC95F #5FCD92 #5F63CD #CD5F9A

square

#CDC95F #5FCD92 #5F63CD #CD5F9A

split-complementary

#CDC95F #5F9ACD #925FCD

monochromatic

#87842A #B6B139 #CDC95F #DCD98E #EAE8BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.73

#CDC95F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.12

#CDC95F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC95F

12.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC95F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC95F	1.00	1.73	12.12	12.12
#FFFFFF	1.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C255

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC764

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DABEB1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C5C5C5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc95f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 201, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.8% 0.129 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded98f',
    500: '#cdc95f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc95f;
$custom-light: #ded98f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc95f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.818,
    "s": 52.381,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81784,
    "c": 0.1286,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.55579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC95F

secondary

#42458E

accent

#51DC4C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC95F

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

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