#CDC54D#CDC54D

#CDC54D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.534; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.140 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC54D
RGB	rgb(205, 197, 77)
HSL	hsl(56, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(56, 62%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 62.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.14, -11.84, 59.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.14, 60.44, 101.29°)
OKLab	oklab(80.75% -0.0374 0.1349)
OKLCH	oklch(80.75% 0.14 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.4843, 53.4491, 14.8878)
Luminance	0.5345 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC54D #4D55CD

analogous

#CD854D #CDC54D #95CD4D

triadic

#CDC54D #4DCDC5 #C54DCD

tetradic

#CDC54D #4DCD85 #4D55CD #CD4D95

square

#CDC54D #4DCD85 #4D55CD #CD4D95

split-complementary

#CDC54D #4D95CD #854DCD

monochromatic

#7D7723 #ACA530 #CDC54D #DAD57D #E8E4AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#CDC54D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.69

#CDC54D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC54D

11.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC54D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC54D	1.00	1.80	11.69	11.69
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BE3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C454

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBB9AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc54d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 197, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.140 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd684',
    500: '#cdc54d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc54d;
$custom-light: #dfd684;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc54d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.25,
    "s": 56.14,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80747,
    "c": 0.14001,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.53447
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC54D

secondary

#3A3E84

accent

#52DF48

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC54D

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

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