#CDC453#CDC453

#CDC453 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.531; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.134 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC453
RGB	rgb(205, 196, 83)
HSL	hsl(56, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(56, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 59.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.93, -10.93, 56.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.93, 57.49, 100.96°)
OKLab	oklab(80.59% -0.0341 0.1297)
OKLCH	oklch(80.59% 0.134 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.4797, 53.0851, 15.9800)
Luminance	0.5308 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC453 #535CCD

analogous

#CD8753 #CDC453 #99CD53

triadic

#CDC453 #53CDC4 #C453CD

tetradic

#CDC453 #53CD87 #535CCD #CD5399

square

#CDC453 #53CD87 #535CCD #CD5399

split-complementary

#CDC453 #5399CD #8753CD

monochromatic

#807A25 #B0A733 #CDC453 #DBD482 #E9E5B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#CDC453 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.62

#CDC453 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC453

11.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC453	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC453	1.00	1.81	11.62	11.62
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BE46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C359

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBB8AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc453;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 196, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.134 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd588',
    500: '#cdc453',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc453;
$custom-light: #dfd588;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc453",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.574,
    "s": 54.955,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80593,
    "c": 0.13416,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.53084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC453

secondary

#3C4288

accent

#54DE4A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF3

border

#D5D4CD

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC453

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

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