#CDC252#CDC252

#CDC252 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.133 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC252
RGB	rgb(205, 194, 82)
HSL	hsl(55, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(55, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 60%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.38, -9.98, 56.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.38, 57.17, 100.05°)
OKLab	oklab(80.16% -0.0315 0.1293)
OKLCH	oklch(80.16% 0.133 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(45.9932, 52.1736, 15.6288)
Luminance	0.5217 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC252 #525DCD

analogous

#CD8552 #CDC252 #9BCD52

triadic

#CDC252 #52CDC2 #C252CD

tetradic

#CDC252 #52CD85 #525DCD #CD529B

square

#CDC252 #52CD85 #525DCD #CD529B

split-complementary

#CDC252 #529BCD #8552CD

monochromatic

#807825 #AFA433 #CDC252 #DBD381 #E8E3B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#CDC252 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.43

#CDC252 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC252

11.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC252	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC252	1.00	1.84	11.43	11.43
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BC46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C258

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBB6AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc252;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 194, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.133 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd487',
    500: '#cdc252',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc252;
$custom-light: #dfd487;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc252",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.634,
    "s": 55.157,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8016,
    "c": 0.13307,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.52172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC252

secondary

#3C4387

accent

#57DE49

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF3

border

#D5D4CD

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC252

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

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