#CDC157#CDC157

#CDC157 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.518; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.128 H 102.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC157
RGB	rgb(205, 193, 87)
HSL	hsl(54, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(54, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 57.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.17, -9.10, 53.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.17, 54.57, 99.61°)
OKLab	oklab(80% -0.0285 0.1246)
OKLCH	oklch(80% 0.128 102.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.9687, 51.8088, 16.5937)
Luminance	0.5181 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC157 #5763CD

analogous

#CD8657 #CDC157 #9ECD57

triadic

#CDC157 #57CDC1 #C157CD

tetradic

#CDC157 #57CD86 #5763CD #CD579E

square

#CDC157 #57CD86 #5763CD #CD579E

split-complementary

#CDC157 #579ECD #8657CD

monochromatic

#837927 #B2A535 #CDC157 #DBD286 #E9E4B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#CDC157 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.36

#CDC157 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC157

11.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC157	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC157	1.00	1.85	11.36	11.36
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BB4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C15C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBB5AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc157;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 193, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.128 102.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd38a',
    500: '#cdc157',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc157;
$custom-light: #dfd38a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc157",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.898,
    "s": 54.128,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80002,
    "c": 0.12782,
    "h": 102.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.51807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC157

secondary

#3E468A

accent

#59DD4A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC157

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

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