#CDCE5E#CDCE5E

#CDCE5E is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.579; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.135 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDCE5E
RGB	rgb(205, 206, 94)
HSL	hsl(61, 53%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(61, 54%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.5%, 0%, 54.4%, 19.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.70, -15.16, 54.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.70, 56.69, 105.51°)
OKLab	oklab(82.84% -0.045 0.1272)
OKLCH	oklch(82.84% 0.135 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(49.2698, 57.9311, 19.1739)
Luminance	0.5793 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDCE5E #5F5ECE

analogous

#CE975E #CDCE5E #95CE5E

triadic

#CDCE5E #5ECDCE #CE5ECD

tetradic

#CDCE5E #5ECE97 #5F5ECE #CE5E95

square

#CDCE5E #5ECE97 #5F5ECE #CE5E95

split-complementary

#CDCE5E #5E95CE #975ECE

monochromatic

#878829 #B6B738 #CDCE5E #DCDC8D #EAEBBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.67

#CDCE5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.59

#CDCE5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDCE5E

12.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDCE5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDCE5E	1.00	1.67	12.59	12.59
#FFFFFF	1.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DDC653

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DECA64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAC3B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdce5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 206, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.135 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfdc8f',
    500: '#cdce5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdce5e;
$custom-light: #dfdc8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdce5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 206,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.536,
    "s": 53.333,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82837,
    "c": 0.13488,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.5793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDCE5E

secondary

#42418F

accent

#4BDD4C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15150D

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDCE5E

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

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