#CDC645#CDC645

#CDC645 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.147 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC645
RGB	rgb(205, 198, 69)
HSL	hsl(57, 58%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(57, 66%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 66.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.34, -12.83, 62.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.34, 64.07, 101.55°)
OKLab	oklab(80.89% -0.0411 0.1411)
OKLCH	oklch(80.89% 0.147 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(46.4468, 53.7986, 13.5666)
Luminance	0.5380 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC645 #454CCD

analogous

#CD8245 #CDC645 #90CD45

triadic

#CDC645 #45CDC6 #C645CD

tetradic

#CDC645 #45CD82 #454CCD #CD4590

square

#CDC645 #45CD82 #454CCD #CD4590

split-complementary

#CDC645 #4590CD #8245CD

monochromatic

#777320 #A8A12D #CDC645 #DAD575 #E7E4A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#CDC645 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.76

#CDC645 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC645

11.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC645	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC645	1.00	1.79	11.76	11.76
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BF33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C44D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCB9AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc645;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 198, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.147 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d780',
    500: '#cdc645',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc645;
$custom-light: #e0d780;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc645",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.912,
    "s": 57.627,
    "l": 53.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8089,
    "c": 0.14693,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.53797
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC645

secondary

#363A80

accent

#4FE147

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC645

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

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