#CDC552#CDC552

#CDC552 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.136 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC552
RGB	rgb(205, 197, 82)
HSL	hsl(56, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(56, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 60%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.18, -11.51, 57.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.18, 58.31, 101.38°)
OKLab	oklab(80.79% -0.0359 0.1311)
OKLCH	oklch(80.79% 0.136 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.6677, 53.5224, 15.8536)
Luminance	0.5352 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC552 #525ACD

analogous

#CD8852 #CDC552 #98CD52

triadic

#CDC552 #52CDC5 #C552CD

tetradic

#CDC552 #52CD88 #525ACD #CD5298

square

#CDC552 #52CD88 #525ACD #CD5298

split-complementary

#CDC552 #5298CD #8852CD

monochromatic

#807A25 #AFA733 #CDC552 #DBD581 #E8E5B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#CDC552 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.70

#CDC552 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC552

11.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC552	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC552	1.00	1.79	11.70	11.70
#FFFFFF	1.79	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)

#D5BE45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C458

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBB9AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc552;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 197, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.136 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd687',
    500: '#cdc552',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc552;
$custom-light: #dfd687;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc552",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.098,
    "s": 55.157,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80795,
    "c": 0.13597,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.53521
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC552

secondary

#3C4187

accent

#53DE49

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF3

border

#D5D4CD

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC552

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

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