#CDC45C#CDC45C

#CDC45C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.532; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.126 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC45C
RGB	rgb(205, 196, 92)
HSL	hsl(55, 53%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(55, 55%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 55.1%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.01, -10.26, 52.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.01, 53.46, 101.06°)
OKLab	oklab(80.69% -0.0312 0.1223)
OKLCH	oklch(80.69% 0.126 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.8500, 53.2332, 17.9303)
Luminance	0.5323 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC45C #5C65CD

analogous

#CD8B5C #CDC45C #9DCD5C

triadic

#CDC45C #5CCDC4 #C45CCD

tetradic

#CDC45C #5CCD8B #5C65CD #CD5C9D

square

#CDC45C #5CCD8B #5C65CD #CD5C9D

split-complementary

#CDC45C #5C9DCD #8B5CCD

monochromatic

#867E29 #B4AA37 #CDC45C #DBD58B #EAE6BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#CDC45C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.65

#CDC45C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC45C

11.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC45C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC45C	1.00	1.80	11.65	11.65
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BE52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C361

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBB8AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc45c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 196, 92);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.126 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd58d',
    500: '#cdc45c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc45c;
$custom-light: #dfd58d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc45c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 92
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.221,
    "s": 53.052,
    "l": 58.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80691,
    "c": 0.12624,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.53232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC45C

secondary

#40478D

accent

#57DC4B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC45C

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

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