#CDC53F#CDC53F

#CDC53F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.533; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.150 H 105.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC53F
RGB	rgb(205, 197, 63)
HSL	hsl(57, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(57, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 69.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.04, -12.64, 64.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.04, 66.00, 101.04°)
OKLab	oklab(80.63% -0.0412 0.1443)
OKLCH	oklch(80.63% 0.15 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.0421, 53.2722, 12.5589)
Luminance	0.5327 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC53F #3F47CD

analogous

#CD7E3F #CDC53F #8ECD3F

triadic

#CDC53F #3FCDC5 #C53FCD

tetradic

#CDC53F #3FCD7E #3F47CD #CD3F8E

square

#CDC53F #3FCD7E #3F47CD #CD3F8E

split-complementary

#CDC53F #3F8ECD #7E3FCD

monochromatic

#746F1E #A49D2B #CDC53F #DAD470 #E6E2A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#CDC53F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.65

#CDC53F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC53F

11.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC53F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC53F	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)

#D6BE2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C348

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCB8AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc53f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 197, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.150 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d67c',
    500: '#cdc53f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc53f;
$custom-light: #e0d67c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc53f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.62,
    "s": 58.678,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80631,
    "c": 0.15007,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.53271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC53F

secondary

#34387C

accent

#4FE246

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC53F

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

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