#CDC45E#CDC45E

#CDC45E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.533; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.124 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC45E
RGB	rgb(205, 196, 94)
HSL	hsl(55, 53%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(55, 54%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 54.1%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.03, -10.10, 51.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.03, 52.54, 101.08°)
OKLab	oklab(80.71% -0.0306 0.1206)
OKLCH	oklch(80.71% 0.124 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.9386, 53.2687, 18.3968)
Luminance	0.5327 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC45E #5E67CD

analogous

#CD8C5E #CDC45E #9ECD5E

triadic

#CDC45E #5ECDC4 #C45ECD

tetradic

#CDC45E #5ECD8C #5E67CD #CD5E9E

square

#CDC45E #5ECD8C #5E67CD #CD5E9E

split-complementary

#CDC45E #5E9ECD #8C5ECD

monochromatic

#877F2A #B5AB38 #CDC45E #DCD58D #EAE6BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#CDC45E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.65

#CDC45E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC45E

11.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC45E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC45E	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)

#D3BE54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C363

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAB9AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc45e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 196, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.124 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd58f',
    500: '#cdc45e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc45e;
$custom-light: #dfd58f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc45e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.135,
    "s": 52.607,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80714,
    "c": 0.12439,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.53267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC45E

secondary

#41488E

accent

#57DC4C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC45E

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

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