#CDC553#CDC553

#CDC553 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.535; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.135 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC553
RGB	rgb(205, 197, 83)
HSL	hsl(56, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(56, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 59.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.19, -11.44, 56.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.19, 57.88, 101.40°)
OKLab	oklab(80.81% -0.0356 0.1304)
OKLCH	oklch(80.81% 0.135 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.7060, 53.5377, 16.0555)
Luminance	0.5354 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC553 #535BCD

analogous

#CD8853 #CDC553 #98CD53

triadic

#CDC553 #53CDC5 #C553CD

tetradic

#CDC553 #53CD88 #535BCD #CD5398

square

#CDC553 #53CD88 #535BCD #CD5398

split-complementary

#CDC553 #5398CD #8853CD

monochromatic

#807A25 #B0A833 #CDC553 #DBD582 #E9E5B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#CDC553 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.71

#CDC553 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC553

11.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC553	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC553	1.00	1.79	11.71	11.71
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BE46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C459

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBB9AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc553;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 197, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.135 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd688',
    500: '#cdc553',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc553;
$custom-light: #dfd688;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc553",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.066,
    "s": 54.955,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80805,
    "c": 0.13513,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.53536
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC553

secondary

#3C4188

accent

#53DE4A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC553

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

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