#CDCB59#CDCB59

#CDCB59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.564; OKLCH L 82.1% C 0.136 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDCB59
RGB	rgb(205, 203, 89)
HSL	hsl(59, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(59, 57%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1%, 56.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.85, -14.04, 55.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.85, 57.65, 104.09°)
OKLab	oklab(82.14% -0.0423 0.1294)
OKLCH	oklch(82.14% 0.136 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(48.3373, 56.4136, 17.7919)
Luminance	0.5641 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDCB59 #595BCD

analogous

#CD9159 #CDCB59 #95CD59

triadic

#CDCB59 #59CDCB #CB59CD

tetradic

#CDCB59 #59CD91 #595BCD #CD5995

square

#CDCB59 #59CD91 #595BCD #CD5995

split-complementary

#CDCB59 #5995CD #9159CD

monochromatic

#848228 #B3B136 #CDCB59 #DBDA88 #E9E8B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#CDCB59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.28

#CDCB59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDCB59

12.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDCB59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDCB59	1.00	1.71	12.28	12.28
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DAC44D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC85F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DABFB2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdcb59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 203, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.1% 0.136 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfda8c',
    500: '#cdcb59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdcb59;
$custom-light: #dfda8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdcb59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 203,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.966,
    "s": 53.704,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82143,
    "c": 0.13611,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.56412
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDCB59

secondary

#3F408B

accent

#4DDD4B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDCB59

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

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