#CDC048#CDC048

#CDC048 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.139 H 103.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC048
RGB	rgb(205, 192, 72)
HSL	hsl(54, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(54, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 64.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.77, -9.60, 59.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.77, 60.68, 99.10°)
OKLab	oklab(79.64% -0.0316 0.1355)
OKLCH	oklch(79.64% 0.139 103.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.1980, 51.1481, 13.6214)
Luminance	0.5115 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC048 #4855CD

analogous

#CD7D48 #CDC048 #98CD48

triadic

#CDC048 #48CDC0 #C048CD

tetradic

#CDC048 #48CD7D #4855CD #CD4898

square

#CDC048 #48CD7D #4855CD #CD4898

split-complementary

#CDC048 #4898CD #7D48CD

monochromatic

#797121 #A99D2E #CDC048 #DAD178 #E7E1A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#CDC048 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.23

#CDC048 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC048

11.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC048	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC048	1.00	1.87	11.23	11.23
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BA39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C04F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCB3A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc048;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 192, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.139 103.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd281',
    500: '#cdc048',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc048;
$custom-light: #dfd281;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc048",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.135,
    "s": 57.082,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79644,
    "c": 0.13916,
    "h": 103.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.51146
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC048

secondary

#383F82

accent

#56E047

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC048

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

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