#CDCE5A#CDCE5A

#CDCE5A is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.579; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.138 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDCE5A
RGB	rgb(205, 206, 90)
HSL	hsl(61, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(61, 56%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 56.3%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.66, -15.47, 56.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.66, 58.46, 105.34°)
OKLab	oklab(82.79% -0.0463 0.1305)
OKLCH	oklch(82.79% 0.138 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(49.0949, 57.8612, 18.2530)
Luminance	0.5786 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDCE5A #5B5ACE

analogous

#CE955A #CDCE5A #93CE5A

triadic

#CDCE5A #5ACDCE #CE5ACD

tetradic

#CDCE5A #5ACE95 #5B5ACE #CE5A93

square

#CDCE5A #5ACE95 #5B5ACE #CE5A93

split-complementary

#CDCE5A #5A93CE #955ACE

monochromatic

#858628 #B4B536 #CDCE5A #DBDC89 #EAEAB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#CDCE5A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.57

#CDCE5A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDCE5A

12.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDCE5A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDCE5A	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)

#DDC64E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECA61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAC2B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdce5a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 206, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.138 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfdc8d',
    500: '#cdce5a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdce5a;
$custom-light: #dfdc8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdce5a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.517,
    "s": 54.206,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82794,
    "c": 0.13844,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.5786
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDCE5A

secondary

#403F8D

accent

#4ADE4C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDCE5A

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

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