#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
RGB	rgb(205, 197, 66)
HSL	hsl(57, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(57, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 67.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.06, -12.48, 63.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.06, 64.86, 101.10°)
OKLab	oklab(80.65% -0.0404 0.1425)
OKLCH	oklch(80.65% 0.148 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.1282, 53.3066, 13.0126)
Luminance	0.5331 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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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
##CDC542	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)

#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

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

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