#CDC445#CDC445

#CDC445 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.529; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.145 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC445
RGB	rgb(205, 196, 69)
HSL	hsl(56, 58%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(56, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 66.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.81, -11.81, 62.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.81, 63.33, 100.75°)
OKLab	oklab(80.47% -0.0382 0.1399)
OKLCH	oklch(80.47% 0.145 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.9927, 52.8903, 13.4152)
Luminance	0.5289 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC445 #454ECD

analogous

#CD8045 #CDC445 #92CD45

triadic

#CDC445 #45CDC4 #C445CD

tetradic

#CDC445 #45CD80 #454ECD #CD4592

square

#CDC445 #45CD80 #454ECD #CD4592

split-complementary

#CDC445 #4592CD #8045CD

monochromatic

#777220 #A8A02D #CDC445 #DAD375 #E7E3A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#CDC445 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.58

#CDC445 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC445

11.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC445	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC445	1.00	1.81	11.58	11.58
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BD33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C34D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCB7AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc445;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 196, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.145 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d57f',
    500: '#cdc445',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc445;
$custom-light: #e0d57f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc445",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.029,
    "s": 57.627,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80465,
    "c": 0.14504,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.52889
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC445

secondary

#363B80

accent

#51E147

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC445

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

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