#CDC254#CDC254

#CDC254 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.522; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.131 H 103.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC254
RGB	rgb(205, 194, 84)
HSL	hsl(55, 55%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(55, 59%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 59%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.40, -9.84, 55.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.40, 56.29, 100.06°)
OKLab	oklab(80.18% -0.0309 0.1277)
OKLCH	oklch(80.18% 0.131 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.0705, 52.2045, 16.0355)
Luminance	0.5220 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC254 #545FCD

analogous

#CD8654 #CDC254 #9CCD54

triadic

#CDC254 #54CDC2 #C254CD

tetradic

#CDC254 #54CD86 #545FCD #CD549C

square

#CDC254 #54CD86 #545FCD #CD549C

split-complementary

#CDC254 #549CCD #8654CD

monochromatic

#817926 #B0A534 #CDC254 #DBD383 #E9E4B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#CDC254 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.44

#CDC254 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC254

11.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC254	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC254	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)

#D2BC48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C25A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBB6AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc254;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 194, 84);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.131 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd488',
    500: '#cdc254',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc254;
$custom-light: #dfd488;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc254",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 84
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.545,
    "s": 54.751,
    "l": 56.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80181,
    "c": 0.13138,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.52203
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC254

secondary

#3D4488

accent

#57DE4A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC254

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

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