#CDC545#CDC545

#CDC545 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.533; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.146 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC545
RGB	rgb(205, 197, 69)
HSL	hsl(56, 58%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(56, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 66.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.08, -12.32, 62.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.08, 63.70, 101.15°)
OKLab	oklab(80.68% -0.0396 0.1405)
OKLCH	oklch(80.68% 0.146 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.2190, 53.3429, 13.4907)
Luminance	0.5334 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC545 #454DCD

analogous

#CD8145 #CDC545 #91CD45

triadic

#CDC545 #45CDC5 #C545CD

tetradic

#CDC545 #45CD81 #454DCD #CD4591

square

#CDC545 #45CD81 #454DCD #CD4591

split-complementary

#CDC545 #4591CD #8145CD

monochromatic

#777220 #A8A12D #CDC545 #DAD475 #E7E3A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#CDC545 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.67

#CDC545 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC545

11.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC545	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC545	1.00	1.80	11.67	11.67
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BE33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C44D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCB8AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc545;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 197, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.146 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d67f',
    500: '#cdc545',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc545;
$custom-light: #e0d67f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc545",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.471,
    "s": 57.627,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80677,
    "c": 0.14598,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.53341
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC545

secondary

#363B80

accent

#50E147

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC545

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

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