#CDCC59#CDCC59

#CDCC59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.569; OKLCH L 82.4% C 0.137 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDCC59
RGB	rgb(205, 204, 89)
HSL	hsl(59, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(59, 57%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.5%, 56.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.12, -14.54, 56.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.12, 58.06, 104.50°)
OKLab	oklab(82.36% -0.0438 0.13)
OKLCH	oklch(82.36% 0.137 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(48.5743, 56.8875, 17.8709)
Luminance	0.5689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDCC59 #595ACD

analogous

#CD9259 #CDCC59 #94CD59

triadic

#CDCC59 #59CDCC #CC59CD

tetradic

#CDCC59 #59CD92 #595ACD #CD5994

square

#CDCC59 #59CD92 #595ACD #CD5994

split-complementary

#CDCC59 #5994CD #9259CD

monochromatic

#848328 #B3B236 #CDCC59 #DBDA88 #E9E9B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.70

#CDCC59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.38

#CDCC59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDCC59

12.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDCC59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDCC59	1.00	1.70	12.38	12.38
#FFFFFF	1.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DBC44D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DDC95F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAC0B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdcc59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 204, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.4% 0.137 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfdb8c',
    500: '#cdcc59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdcc59;
$custom-light: #dfdb8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdcc59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 204,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.483,
    "s": 53.704,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82356,
    "c": 0.13717,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.56886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDCC59

secondary

#3F408B

accent

#4CDD4B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDCC59

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

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