#CDCE5B#CDCE5B

#CDCE5B 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 12.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDCE5B
RGB	rgb(205, 206, 91)
HSL	hsl(61, 54%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(61, 56%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 55.8%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.67, -15.39, 55.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.67, 58.02, 105.38°)
OKLab	oklab(82.8% -0.046 0.1297)
OKLCH	oklch(82.8% 0.138 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(49.1378, 57.8783, 18.4787)
Luminance	0.5788 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDCE5B #5C5BCE

analogous

#CE955B #CDCE5B #93CE5B

triadic

#CDCE5B #5BCDCE #CE5BCD

tetradic

#CDCE5B #5BCE95 #5C5BCE #CE5B93

square

#CDCE5B #5BCE95 #5C5BCE #CE5B93

split-complementary

#CDCE5B #5B93CE #955BCE

monochromatic

#868628 #B4B636 #CDCE5B #DBDC8A #EAEAB9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#CDCE5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.58

#CDCE5B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDCE5B

12.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDCE5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDCE5B	1.00	1.67	12.58	12.58
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC64F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECA61

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAC2B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdce5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 206, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.138 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfdc8d',
    500: '#cdce5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdce5b;
$custom-light: #dfdc8d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdce5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.522,
    "s": 53.991,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82804,
    "c": 0.13757,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.57877
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDCE5B

secondary

#40408D

accent

#4ADD4C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDCE5B

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

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