#CDC253#CDC253

#CDC253 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.132 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC253
RGB	rgb(205, 194, 83)
HSL	hsl(55, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(55, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 59.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.39, -9.91, 55.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.39, 56.73, 100.06°)
OKLab	oklab(80.17% -0.0312 0.1285)
OKLCH	oklch(80.17% 0.132 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.0316, 52.1889, 15.8307)
Luminance	0.5219 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC253 #535ECD

analogous

#CD8553 #CDC253 #9BCD53

triadic

#CDC253 #53CDC2 #C253CD

tetradic

#CDC253 #53CD85 #535ECD #CD539B

square

#CDC253 #53CD85 #535ECD #CD539B

split-complementary

#CDC253 #539BCD #8553CD

monochromatic

#807825 #B0A433 #CDC253 #DBD382 #E9E4B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#CDC253 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.44

#CDC253 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC253

11.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC253	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC253	1.00	1.84	11.44	11.44
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BC47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C259

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBB6AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc253;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 194, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.132 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd488',
    500: '#cdc253',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc253;
$custom-light: #dfd488;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc253",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.59,
    "s": 54.955,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80171,
    "c": 0.13223,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.52187
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC253

secondary

#3C4388

accent

#57DE4A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF3

border

#D5D4CD

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC253

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

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