#CDC357#CDC357

#CDC357 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.527; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.130 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC357
RGB	rgb(205, 195, 87)
HSL	hsl(55, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(55, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 57.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.70, -10.13, 54.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.70, 55.33, 100.55°)
OKLab	oklab(80.42% -0.0314 0.1259)
OKLCH	oklch(80.42% 0.13 104)
XYZ	xyz(46.4138, 52.6991, 16.7420)
Luminance	0.5270 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC357 #5761CD

analogous

#CD8857 #CDC357 #9CCD57

triadic

#CDC357 #57CDC3 #C357CD

tetradic

#CDC357 #57CD88 #5761CD #CD579C

square

#CDC357 #57CD88 #5761CD #CD579C

split-complementary

#CDC357 #579CCD #8857CD

monochromatic

#837B27 #B2A735 #CDC357 #DBD486 #E9E5B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#CDC357 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.54

#CDC357 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC357

11.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC357	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC357	1.00	1.82	11.54	11.54
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BD4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C25D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBB7AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc357;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 195, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.130 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd48a',
    500: '#cdc357',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc357;
$custom-light: #dfd48a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc357",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.915,
    "s": 54.128,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80424,
    "c": 0.12974,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.52697
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC357

secondary

#3E458A

accent

#57DD4A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC357

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

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