#CDCE59#CDCE59

#CDCE59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.578; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.139 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDCE59
RGB	rgb(205, 206, 89)
HSL	hsl(61, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(61, 57%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 56.8%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.65, -15.54, 56.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.65, 58.90, 105.30°)
OKLab	oklab(82.78% -0.0466 0.1313)
OKLCH	oklch(82.78% 0.139 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(49.0527, 57.8443, 18.0304)
Luminance	0.5784 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDCE59 #5A59CE

analogous

#CE9559 #CDCE59 #92CE59

triadic

#CDCE59 #59CDCE #CE59CD

tetradic

#CDCE59 #59CE95 #5A59CE #CE5992

square

#CDCE59 #59CE95 #5A59CE #CE5992

split-complementary

#CDCE59 #5992CE #9559CE

monochromatic

#848527 #B3B535 #CDCE59 #DBDC88 #E9EAB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#CDCE59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.57

#CDCE59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDCE59

12.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDCE59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDCE59	1.00	1.67	12.57	12.57
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC64C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECA60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAC2B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdce59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 206, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.139 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfdc8c',
    500: '#cdce59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdce59;
$custom-light: #dfdc8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdce59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.513,
    "s": 54.419,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82783,
    "c": 0.13931,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.57843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDCE59

secondary

#403F8C

accent

#4ADE4B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDCE59

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

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