#CDCD59#CDCD59

#CDCD59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.574; OKLCH L 82.6% C 0.138 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDCD59
RGB	rgb(205, 205, 89)
HSL	hsl(60, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(60, 57%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 56.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.38, -15.04, 56.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.38, 58.48, 104.90°)
OKLab	oklab(82.57% -0.0452 0.1306)
OKLCH	oklch(82.57% 0.138 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(48.8127, 57.3643, 17.9504)
Luminance	0.5736 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDCD59 #5959CD

analogous

#CD9359 #CDCD59 #93CD59

triadic

#CDCD59 #59CDCD #CD59CD

tetradic

#CDCD59 #59CD93 #5959CD #CD5993

square

#CDCD59 #59CD93 #5959CD #CD5993

split-complementary

#CDCD59 #5993CD #9359CD

monochromatic

#848428 #B3B336 #CDCD59 #DBDB88 #E9E9B7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#CDCD59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.47

#CDCD59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDCD59

12.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDCD59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDCD59	1.00	1.68	12.47	12.47
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC54D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DEC960

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAC1B4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C7C7C7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdcd59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 205, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.6% 0.138 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfdc8c',
    500: '#cdcd59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdcd59;
$custom-light: #dfdc8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdcd59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 205,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 53.704,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82569,
    "c": 0.13824,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.57363
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDCD59

secondary

#3F3F8B

accent

#4BDD4B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDCD59

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

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