#CDC053#CDC053

#CDC053 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.130 H 102.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC053
RGB	rgb(205, 192, 83)
HSL	hsl(54, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(54, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 59.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.86, -8.88, 55.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.86, 55.98, 99.13°)
OKLab	oklab(79.75% -0.0283 0.1272)
OKLCH	oklch(79.75% 0.13 102.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.5895, 51.3047, 15.6833)
Luminance	0.5130 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC053 #5360CD

analogous

#CD8353 #CDC053 #9DCD53

triadic

#CDC053 #53CDC0 #C053CD

tetradic

#CDC053 #53CD83 #5360CD #CD539D

square

#CDC053 #53CD83 #5360CD #CD539D

split-complementary

#CDC053 #539DCD #8353CD

monochromatic

#807725 #B0A233 #CDC053 #DBD182 #E9E3B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#CDC053 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.26

#CDC053 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC053

11.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC053	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC053	1.00	1.86	11.26	11.26
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0BA47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C059

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBB4A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc053;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 192, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.130 102.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd287',
    500: '#cdc053',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc053;
$custom-light: #dfd287;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc053",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.607,
    "s": 54.955,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79749,
    "c": 0.13034,
    "h": 102.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.51303
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC053

secondary

#3C4488

accent

#59DE4A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF3

border

#D5D4CD

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC053

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

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