#CDC548#CDC548

#CDC548 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.534; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.144 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC548
RGB	rgb(205, 197, 72)
HSL	hsl(56, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(56, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 64.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.10, -12.15, 61.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.10, 62.50, 101.20°)
OKLab	oklab(80.7% -0.0388 0.1385)
OKLCH	oklch(80.7% 0.144 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(46.3145, 53.3811, 13.9936)
Luminance	0.5338 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC548 #4850CD

analogous

#CD8348 #CDC548 #93CD48

triadic

#CDC548 #48CDC5 #C548CD

tetradic

#CDC548 #48CD83 #4850CD #CD4893

square

#CDC548 #48CD83 #4850CD #CD4893

split-complementary

#CDC548 #4893CD #8348CD

monochromatic

#797421 #A9A22E #CDC548 #DAD478 #E7E3A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#CDC548 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.68

#CDC548 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC548

11.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC548	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC548	1.00	1.80	11.68	11.68
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BE38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C450

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCB8AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc548;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 197, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.144 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd681',
    500: '#cdc548',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc548;
$custom-light: #dfd681;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc548",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.391,
    "s": 57.082,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80702,
    "c": 0.14381,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.5338
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC548

secondary

#383C82

accent

#51E047

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC548

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

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