#CDC457#CDC457

#CDC457 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.531; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.131 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC457
RGB	rgb(205, 196, 87)
HSL	hsl(55, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(55, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 57.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.96, -10.64, 54.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.96, 55.72, 101.01°)
OKLab	oklab(80.64% -0.0329 0.1265)
OKLCH	oklch(80.64% 0.131 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.6386, 53.1487, 16.8170)
Luminance	0.5315 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC457 #5760CD

analogous

#CD8957 #CDC457 #9BCD57

triadic

#CDC457 #57CDC4 #C457CD

tetradic

#CDC457 #57CD89 #5760CD #CD579B

square

#CDC457 #57CD89 #5760CD #CD579B

split-complementary

#CDC457 #579BCD #8957CD

monochromatic

#837C27 #B2A835 #CDC457 #DBD586 #E9E5B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#CDC457 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.63

#CDC457 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC457

11.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC457	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC457	1.00	1.81	11.63	11.63
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BE4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C35D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBB8AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc457;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 196, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.131 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd58a',
    500: '#cdc457',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc457;
$custom-light: #dfd58a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc457",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.424,
    "s": 54.128,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80635,
    "c": 0.13072,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.53147
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC457

secondary

#3E448A

accent

#56DD4A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC457

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

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