#CDC57D#CDC57D

#CDC57D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.544; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.093 H 102.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC57D
RGB	rgb(205, 197, 125)
HSL	hsl(54, 44%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(54, 39%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 39%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.69, -7.65, 37.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.69, 37.89, 101.65°)
OKLab	oklab(81.36% -0.0206 0.0908)
OKLCH	oklch(81.36% 0.093 102.8)
XYZ	xyz(48.8456, 54.3936, 27.3240)
Luminance	0.5439 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC57D #7D85CD

analogous

#CD9D7D #CDC57D #ADCD7D

triadic

#CDC57D #7DCDC5 #C57DCD

tetradic

#CDC57D #7DCD9D #7D85CD #CD7DAD

square

#CDC57D #7DCD9D #7D85CD #CD7DAD

split-complementary

#CDC57D #7DADCD #9D7DCD

monochromatic

#968D3A #BCB151 #CDC57D #DED9A9 #EFECD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#CDC57D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.88

#CDC57D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC57D

11.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC57D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC57D	1.00	1.77	11.88	11.88
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1C078

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C580

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8BCB3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc57d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 197, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.093 102.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd6a3',
    500: '#cdc57d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc57d;
$custom-light: #ddd6a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc57d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54,
    "s": 44.444,
    "l": 64.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81363,
    "c": 0.09308,
    "h": 102.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.54392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC57D

secondary

#52599C

accent

#3CB82E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF5

border

#D5D4CF

text

#15140F

muted

#848380

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC57D

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

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