#CDC245#CDC245

#CDC245 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.520; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.143 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC245
RGB	rgb(205, 194, 69)
HSL	hsl(55, 58%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(55, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 66.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.28, -10.79, 61.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.28, 62.61, 99.93°)
OKLab	oklab(80.04% -0.0353 0.1388)
OKLCH	oklch(80.04% 0.143 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.5446, 51.9941, 13.2659)
Luminance	0.5199 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC245 #4550CD

analogous

#CD7E45 #CDC245 #94CD45

triadic

#CDC245 #45CDC2 #C245CD

tetradic

#CDC245 #45CD7E #4550CD #CD4594

square

#CDC245 #45CD7E #4550CD #CD4594

split-complementary

#CDC245 #4594CD #7E45CD

monochromatic

#777020 #A89E2D #CDC245 #DAD275 #E7E2A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#CDC245 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.40

#CDC245 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC245

11.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC245	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC245	1.00	1.84	11.40	11.40
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BC34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C24D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCB5A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc245;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 194, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.143 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d47f',
    500: '#cdc245',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc245;
$custom-light: #e0d47f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc245",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.147,
    "s": 57.627,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80041,
    "c": 0.14319,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC245

secondary

#363C80

accent

#53E147

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC245

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

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