#CDC45F#CDC45F

#CDC45F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.533; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.123 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC45F
RGB	rgb(205, 196, 95)
HSL	hsl(55, 52%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(55, 54%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 53.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.04, -10.02, 51.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.04, 52.08, 101.09°)
OKLab	oklab(80.73% -0.0302 0.1197)
OKLCH	oklch(80.73% 0.123 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.9837, 53.2867, 18.6347)
Luminance	0.5329 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC45F #5F68CD

analogous

#CD8D5F #CDC45F #9FCD5F

triadic

#CDC45F #5FCDC4 #C45FCD

tetradic

#CDC45F #5FCD8D #5F68CD #CD5F9F

square

#CDC45F #5FCD8D #5F68CD #CD5F9F

split-complementary

#CDC45F #5F9FCD #8D5FCD

monochromatic

#87802A #B6AC39 #CDC45F #DCD58E #EAE6BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#CDC45F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.66

#CDC45F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC45F

11.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC45F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC45F	1.00	1.80	11.66	11.66
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BE55

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C364

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAB9AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc45f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 196, 95);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.123 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded58f',
    500: '#cdc45f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc45f;
$custom-light: #ded58f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc45f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 95
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.091,
    "s": 52.381,
    "l": 58.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80726,
    "c": 0.12345,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.53285
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC45F

secondary

#42488E

accent

#58DC4C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC45F

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

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