#CDC45B#CDC45B

#CDC45B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.532; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.127 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC45B
RGB	rgb(205, 196, 91)
HSL	hsl(55, 53%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(55, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 55.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.00, -10.34, 52.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.00, 53.92, 101.05°)
OKLab	oklab(80.68% -0.0316 0.1232)
OKLCH	oklch(80.68% 0.127 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.8066, 53.2159, 17.7016)
Luminance	0.5321 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC45B #5B64CD

analogous

#CD8B5B #CDC45B #9DCD5B

triadic

#CDC45B #5BCDC4 #C45BCD

tetradic

#CDC45B #5BCD8B #5B64CD #CD5B9D

square

#CDC45B #5BCD8B #5B64CD #CD5B9D

split-complementary

#CDC45B #5B9DCD #8B5BCD

monochromatic

#857E29 #B4AA37 #CDC45B #DBD58A #EAE6B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#CDC45B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.64

#CDC45B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC45B

11.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC45B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC45B	1.00	1.80	11.64	11.64
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BE50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C360

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBB8AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc45b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 196, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.127 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd58d',
    500: '#cdc45b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc45b;
$custom-light: #dfd58d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc45b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.263,
    "s": 53.271,
    "l": 58.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80679,
    "c": 0.12715,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.53214
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC45B

secondary

#40468C

accent

#57DD4B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC45B

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

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