#CDC542#CDC542

#CDC542 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.533; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.148 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#CDC542
RGBrgb(205, 197, 66)
HSLhsl(57, 58%, 53%)
HSVhsv(57, 68%, 80%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 3.9%, 67.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LABlab(78.06, -12.48, 63.65)
CIE-LCHlch(78.06, 64.86, 101.10°)
OKLaboklab(80.65% -0.0404 0.1425)
OKLCHoklch(80.65% 0.148 105.8)
XYZxyz(46.1282, 53.3066, 13.0126)
Luminance0.5331 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#CDC542 #424ACD
analogous
#CD7F42 #CDC542 #8FCD42
triadic
#CDC542 #42CDC5 #C542CD
tetradic
#CDC542 #42CD7F #424ACD #CD428F
square
#CDC542 #42CD7F #424ACD #CD428F
split-complementary
#CDC542 #428FCD #7F42CD
monochromatic
#76711F #A69F2C #CDC542 #DAD472 #E7E3A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80
#CDC542 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.66
#CDC542 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC542
11.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##CDC542#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##CDC5421.001.8011.6611.66
#FFFFFF1.801.0021.0021.00
#00000011.6621.001.001.00
##00000011.6621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#D6BE2F
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#D9C44B
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#DCB8AB
Achromatopsia (no color)
#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #cdc542;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 197, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.148 105.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d67e',
    500: '#cdc542',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #cdc542;
$custom-light: #e0d67e;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#cdc542",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.547,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80654,
    "c": 0.14807,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.53305
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#CDC542
secondary
#35397E
accent
#4FE146
background
#FEFEFB
surface
#FCFBF2
border
#D5D4CC
text
#16140A
muted
#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC542

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#CDC542 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva