#CDC54E#CDC54E

#CDC54E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.139 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC54E
RGB	rgb(205, 197, 78)
HSL	hsl(56, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(56, 62%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 62%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.15, -11.77, 58.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.15, 60.02, 101.31°)
OKLab	oklab(80.76% -0.0371 0.1342)
OKLCH	oklch(80.76% 0.139 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.5199, 53.4633, 15.0752)
Luminance	0.5346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC54E #4E56CD

analogous

#CD854E #CDC54E #96CD4E

triadic

#CDC54E #4ECDC5 #C54ECD

tetradic

#CDC54E #4ECD85 #4E56CD #CD4E96

square

#CDC54E #4ECD85 #4E56CD #CD4E96

split-complementary

#CDC54E #4E96CD #854ECD

monochromatic

#7D7823 #ADA531 #CDC54E #DAD57E #E8E4AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#CDC54E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.69

#CDC54E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC54E

11.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC54E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC54E	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)

#D5BE40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C455

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBB9AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc54e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 197, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.139 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd685',
    500: '#cdc54e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc54e;
$custom-light: #dfd685;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc54e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.22,
    "s": 55.947,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80756,
    "c": 0.13921,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.53462
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC54E

secondary

#3A3F85

accent

#52DF49

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC54E

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

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