#CDC653#CDC653

#CDC653 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.540; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.136 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC653
RGB	rgb(205, 198, 83)
HSL	hsl(57, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(57, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 59.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.46, -11.94, 57.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.46, 58.27, 101.83°)
OKLab	oklab(81.02% -0.037 0.131)
OKLCH	oklch(81.02% 0.136 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.9338, 53.9934, 16.1314)
Luminance	0.5399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC653 #535ACD

analogous

#CD8953 #CDC653 #97CD53

triadic

#CDC653 #53CDC6 #C653CD

tetradic

#CDC653 #53CD89 #535ACD #CD5397

square

#CDC653 #53CD89 #535ACD #CD5397

split-complementary

#CDC653 #5397CD #8953CD

monochromatic

#807B25 #B0A933 #CDC653 #DBD682 #E9E5B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#CDC653 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.80

#CDC653 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC653

11.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC653	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC653	1.00	1.78	11.80	11.80
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BF46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C459

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBBAAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc653;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 198, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.136 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd788',
    500: '#cdc653',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc653;
$custom-light: #dfd788;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc653",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.557,
    "s": 54.955,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81017,
    "c": 0.13612,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.53992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC653

secondary

#3C4188

accent

#52DE4A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC653

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

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