#CDC45D#CDC45D

#CDC45D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.532; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.125 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC45D
RGB	rgb(205, 196, 93)
HSL	hsl(55, 53%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(55, 55%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 54.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.02, -10.18, 52.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.02, 53.00, 101.07°)
OKLab	oklab(80.7% -0.0309 0.1214)
OKLCH	oklch(80.7% 0.125 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.8940, 53.2508, 18.1621)
Luminance	0.5325 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC45D #5D66CD

analogous

#CD8C5D #CDC45D #9ECD5D

triadic

#CDC45D #5DCDC4 #C45DCD

tetradic

#CDC45D #5DCD8C #5D66CD #CD5D9E

square

#CDC45D #5DCD8C #5D66CD #CD5D9E

split-complementary

#CDC45D #5D9ECD #8C5DCD

monochromatic

#867F29 #B5AB38 #CDC45D #DBD58C #EAE6BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#CDC45D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.65

#CDC45D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC45D

11.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC45D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC45D	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)

#D3BE53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C362

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAB8AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc45d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 196, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.125 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd58e',
    500: '#cdc45d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc45d;
$custom-light: #dfd58e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc45d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.179,
    "s": 52.83,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80702,
    "c": 0.12531,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.53249
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC45D

secondary

#41478D

accent

#57DC4C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC45D

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

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