#CDC057#CDC057

#CDC057 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.127 H 102.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC057
RGB	rgb(205, 192, 87)
HSL	hsl(53, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(53, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 57.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.90, -8.59, 53.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.90, 54.19, 99.12°)
OKLab	oklab(79.79% -0.027 0.124)
OKLCH	oklch(79.79% 0.127 102.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.7484, 51.3682, 16.5202)
Luminance	0.5137 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC057 #5764CD

analogous

#CD8557 #CDC057 #9FCD57

triadic

#CDC057 #57CDC0 #C057CD

tetradic

#CDC057 #57CD85 #5764CD #CD579F

square

#CDC057 #57CD85 #5764CD #CD579F

split-complementary

#CDC057 #579FCD #8557CD

monochromatic

#837927 #B2A435 #CDC057 #DBD286 #E9E3B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#CDC057 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.27

#CDC057 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC057

11.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC057	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC057	1.00	1.86	11.27	11.27
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0BA4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C05C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBB4A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc057;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 192, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.127 102.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd28a',
    500: '#cdc057',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc057;
$custom-light: #dfd28a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc057",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.39,
    "s": 54.128,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79792,
    "c": 0.12687,
    "h": 102.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51367
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC057

secondary

#3E478A

accent

#5BDD4A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC057

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

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