#CDCF59#CDCF59

#CDCF59 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.583; OKLCH L 83.0% C 0.140 H 110.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDCF59
RGB	rgb(205, 207, 89)
HSL	hsl(61, 55%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(61, 57%, 81%)
CMYK	cmyk(1%, 0%, 57%, 18.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.92, -16.04, 57.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.92, 59.32, 105.69°)
OKLab	oklab(83% -0.048 0.1319)
OKLCH	oklch(83% 0.14 110)
XYZ	xyz(49.2942, 58.3273, 18.1109)
Luminance	0.5833 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDCF59 #5B59CF

analogous

#CF9659 #CDCF59 #92CF59

triadic

#CDCF59 #59CDCF #CF59CD

tetradic

#CDCF59 #59CF96 #5B59CF #CF5992

square

#CDCF59 #59CF96 #5B59CF #CF5992

split-complementary

#CDCF59 #5992CF #9659CF

monochromatic

#858727 #B4B635 #CDCF59 #DBDD88 #EAEAB8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.66

#CDCF59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.67

#CDCF59 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDCF59

12.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDCF59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDCF59	1.00	1.66	12.67	12.67
#FFFFFF	1.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DEC74C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DFCB60

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAC3B5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C9C9C9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdcf59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 207, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(83.0% 0.140 110.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfdd8c',
    500: '#cdcf59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdcf59;
$custom-light: #dfdd8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdcf59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 207,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.017,
    "s": 55.14,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82997,
    "c": 0.14039,
    "h": 110
  },
  "luminance": 0.58326
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDCF59

secondary

#403F8E

accent

#49DE4C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFCF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#15150C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDCF59

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

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