#CDC54A#CDC54A

#CDC54A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.534; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.142 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC54A
RGB	rgb(205, 197, 74)
HSL	hsl(56, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(56, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 63.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.12, -12.02, 60.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.12, 61.69, 101.24°)
OKLab	oklab(80.72% -0.0382 0.1371)
OKLCH	oklch(80.72% 0.142 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.3808, 53.4077, 14.3428)
Luminance	0.5341 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC54A #4A52CD

analogous

#CD844A #CDC54A #94CD4A

triadic

#CDC54A #4ACDC5 #C54ACD

tetradic

#CDC54A #4ACD84 #4A52CD #CD4A94

square

#CDC54A #4ACD84 #4A52CD #CD4A94

split-complementary

#CDC54A #4A94CD #844ACD

monochromatic

#7B7522 #ABA32F #CDC54A #DAD47A #E7E4AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#CDC54A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.68

#CDC54A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC54A

11.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC54A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC54A	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)

#D5BE3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C451

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBB8AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc54a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 197, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.142 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd682',
    500: '#cdc54a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc54a;
$custom-light: #dfd682;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc54a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.336,
    "s": 56.71,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8072,
    "c": 0.14232,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.53406
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC54A

secondary

#383D83

accent

#51E048

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC54A

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

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