#CDC448#CDC448

#CDC448 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.529; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.143 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC448
RGB	rgb(205, 196, 72)
HSL	hsl(56, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(56, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 64.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.83, -11.64, 61.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.83, 62.13, 100.80°)
OKLab	oklab(80.49% -0.0374 0.1379)
OKLCH	oklch(80.49% 0.143 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.0882, 52.9285, 13.9181)
Luminance	0.5293 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC448 #4851CD

analogous

#CD8248 #CDC448 #94CD48

triadic

#CDC448 #48CDC4 #C448CD

tetradic

#CDC448 #48CD82 #4851CD #CD4894

square

#CDC448 #48CD82 #4851CD #CD4894

split-complementary

#CDC448 #4894CD #8248CD

monochromatic

#797321 #A9A12E #CDC448 #DAD378 #E7E3A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#CDC448 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.59

#CDC448 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC448

11.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC448	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC448	1.00	1.81	11.59	11.59
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BD38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C350

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCB7AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc448;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 196, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.143 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd581',
    500: '#cdc448',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc448;
$custom-light: #dfd581;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc448",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.94,
    "s": 57.082,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8049,
    "c": 0.14286,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.52927
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC448

secondary

#383D82

accent

#52E047

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC448

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

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