#CDC54F#CDC54F

#CDC54F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.138 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC54F
RGB	rgb(205, 197, 79)
HSL	hsl(56, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(56, 61%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 61.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.16, -11.71, 58.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.16, 59.60, 101.33°)
OKLab	oklab(80.77% -0.0368 0.1334)
OKLCH	oklch(80.77% 0.138 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.5560, 53.4777, 15.2655)
Luminance	0.5348 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC54F #4F57CD

analogous

#CD864F #CDC54F #96CD4F

triadic

#CDC54F #4FCDC5 #C54FCD

tetradic

#CDC54F #4FCD86 #4F57CD #CD4F96

square

#CDC54F #4FCD86 #4F57CD #CD4F96

split-complementary

#CDC54F #4F96CD #864FCD

monochromatic

#7E7824 #AEA631 #CDC54F #DBD57F #E8E4AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#CDC54F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.70

#CDC54F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC54F

11.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC54F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC54F	1.00	1.80	11.70	11.70
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BE41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C456

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBB9AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc54f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 197, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.138 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd685',
    500: '#cdc54f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc54f;
$custom-light: #dfd685;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc54f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.19,
    "s": 55.752,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80766,
    "c": 0.13841,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.53476
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC54F

secondary

#3B3F86

accent

#52DF49

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC54F

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

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