#CDC153#CDC153

#CDC153 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.131 H 103.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC153
RGB	rgb(205, 193, 83)
HSL	hsl(54, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(54, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 59.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.13, -9.39, 55.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.13, 56.35, 99.60°)
OKLab	oklab(79.96% -0.0298 0.1279)
OKLCH	oklch(79.96% 0.131 103.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.8098, 51.7453, 15.7567)
Luminance	0.5174 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC153 #535FCD

analogous

#CD8453 #CDC153 #9CCD53

triadic

#CDC153 #53CDC1 #C153CD

tetradic

#CDC153 #53CD84 #535FCD #CD539C

square

#CDC153 #53CD84 #535FCD #CD539C

split-complementary

#CDC153 #539CCD #8453CD

monochromatic

#807725 #B0A333 #CDC153 #DBD282 #E9E3B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#CDC153 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.35

#CDC153 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC153

11.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC153	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC153	1.00	1.85	11.35	11.35
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BB47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C159

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBB5A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc153;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 193, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.131 103.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd387',
    500: '#cdc153',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc153;
$custom-light: #dfd387;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc153",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.098,
    "s": 54.955,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7996,
    "c": 0.13128,
    "h": 103.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.51744
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC153

secondary

#3C4488

accent

#58DE4A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF3

border

#D5D4CD

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC153

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

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