#CDC353#CDC353

#CDC353 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.526; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.133 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC353
RGB	rgb(205, 195, 83)
HSL	hsl(55, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(55, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 59.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.66, -10.42, 56.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.66, 57.11, 100.51°)
OKLab	oklab(80.38% -0.0327 0.1291)
OKLCH	oklch(80.38% 0.133 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.2549, 52.6355, 15.9051)
Luminance	0.5263 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC353 #535DCD

analogous

#CD8653 #CDC353 #9ACD53

triadic

#CDC353 #53CDC3 #C353CD

tetradic

#CDC353 #53CD86 #535DCD #CD539A

square

#CDC353 #53CD86 #535DCD #CD539A

split-complementary

#CDC353 #539ACD #8653CD

monochromatic

#807925 #B0A633 #CDC353 #DBD482 #E9E4B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#CDC353 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.53

#CDC353 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC353

11.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC353	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC353	1.00	1.82	11.53	11.53
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BD47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C259

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBB7AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc353;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 195, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.133 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd488',
    500: '#cdc353',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc353;
$custom-light: #dfd488;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc353",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.082,
    "s": 54.955,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80382,
    "c": 0.13318,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.52634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC353

secondary

#3C4388

accent

#56DE4A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF3

border

#D5D4CD

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC353

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

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