#CDC248#CDC248

#CDC248 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.520; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.141 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC248
RGB	rgb(205, 194, 72)
HSL	hsl(55, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(55, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 64.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.30, -10.62, 60.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.30, 61.40, 99.96°)
OKLab	oklab(80.07% -0.0345 0.1367)
OKLCH	oklch(80.07% 0.141 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(45.6401, 52.0323, 13.7688)
Luminance	0.5203 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC248 #4853CD

analogous

#CD8048 #CDC248 #95CD48

triadic

#CDC248 #48CDC2 #C248CD

tetradic

#CDC248 #48CD80 #4853CD #CD4895

square

#CDC248 #48CD80 #4853CD #CD4895

split-complementary

#CDC248 #4895CD #8048CD

monochromatic

#797221 #A99F2E #CDC248 #DAD278 #E7E2A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#CDC248 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.41

#CDC248 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC248

11.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC248	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC248	1.00	1.84	11.41	11.41
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BC38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C24F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCB5A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc248;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 194, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.141 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd481',
    500: '#cdc248',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc248;
$custom-light: #dfd481;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc248",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.038,
    "s": 57.082,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80066,
    "c": 0.14099,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.52031
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC248

secondary

#383E82

accent

#54E047

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC248

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

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