#CDC257#CDC257

#CDC257 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.523; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.129 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC257
RGB	rgb(205, 194, 87)
HSL	hsl(54, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(54, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 57.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.43, -9.62, 54.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.43, 54.95, 100.08°)
OKLab	oklab(80.21% -0.03 0.1252)
OKLCH	oklch(80.21% 0.129 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.1905, 52.2525, 16.6676)
Luminance	0.5225 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC257 #5762CD

analogous

#CD8757 #CDC257 #9DCD57

triadic

#CDC257 #57CDC2 #C257CD

tetradic

#CDC257 #57CD87 #5762CD #CD579D

square

#CDC257 #57CD87 #5762CD #CD579D

split-complementary

#CDC257 #579DCD #8757CD

monochromatic

#837A27 #B2A635 #CDC257 #DBD386 #E9E4B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#CDC257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.45

#CDC257 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC257

11.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC257	1.00	1.83	11.45	11.45
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BC4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C25D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBB6AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 194, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.129 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd48a',
    500: '#cdc257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc257;
$custom-light: #dfd48a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.407,
    "s": 54.128,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80213,
    "c": 0.12877,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.52251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC257

secondary

#3E458A

accent

#58DD4A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC257

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

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