#CDC54B#CDC54B

#CDC54B 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	#CDC54B
RGB	rgb(205, 197, 75)
HSL	hsl(56, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(56, 63%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 63.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.12, -11.96, 60.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.12, 61.28, 101.26°)
OKLab	oklab(80.73% -0.038 0.1364)
OKLCH	oklch(80.73% 0.142 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.4148, 53.4212, 14.5216)
Luminance	0.5342 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC54B #4B53CD

analogous

#CD844B #CDC54B #94CD4B

triadic

#CDC54B #4BCDC5 #C54BCD

tetradic

#CDC54B #4BCD84 #4B53CD #CD4B94

square

#CDC54B #4BCD84 #4B53CD #CD4B94

split-complementary

#CDC54B #4B94CD #844BCD

monochromatic

#7B7622 #ABA430 #CDC54B #DAD47B #E8E4AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#CDC54B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.68

#CDC54B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC54B

11.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC54B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC54B	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)

#D5BE3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C452

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBB8AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc54b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 197, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.142 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd683',
    500: '#cdc54b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc54b;
$custom-light: #dfd683;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc54b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.308,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80729,
    "c": 0.14156,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.5342
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC54B

secondary

#393D83

accent

#51E048

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC54B

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

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