#CDC537#CDC537

#CDC537 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.532; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.155 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC537
RGB	rgb(205, 197, 55)
HSL	hsl(57, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(57, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 73.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.99, -13.02, 67.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.99, 68.84, 100.90°)
OKLab	oklab(80.58% -0.043 0.1489)
OKLCH	oklch(80.58% 0.155 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.8345, 53.1892, 11.4659)
Luminance	0.5319 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC537 #373FCD

analogous

#CD7A37 #CDC537 #8ACD37

triadic

#CDC537 #37CDC5 #C537CD

tetradic

#CDC537 #37CD7A #373FCD #CD378A

square

#CDC537 #37CD7A #373FCD #CD378A

split-complementary

#CDC537 #378ACD #7A37CD

monochromatic

#6E6A1C #9F9928 #CDC537 #D9D368 #E5E199

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#CDC537 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.64

#CDC537 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC537

11.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC537	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC537	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)

#D6BE1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C342

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCB8AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc537;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 197, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.155 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d678',
    500: '#cdc537',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc537;
$custom-light: #e0d678;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc537",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.8,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80576,
    "c": 0.15497,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.53187
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC537

secondary

#313577

accent

#4DE345

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC537

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

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