#CDC757#CDC757

#CDC757 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.545; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.134 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC757
RGB	rgb(205, 199, 87)
HSL	hsl(57, 54%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(57, 58%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 57.6%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.76, -12.17, 55.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.76, 56.91, 102.34°)
OKLab	oklab(81.27% -0.0372 0.1284)
OKLCH	oklch(81.27% 0.134 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(47.3220, 54.5156, 17.0448)
Luminance	0.5451 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC757 #575DCD

analogous

#CD8C57 #CDC757 #98CD57

triadic

#CDC757 #57CDC7 #C757CD

tetradic

#CDC757 #57CD8C #575DCD #CD5798

square

#CDC757 #57CD8C #575DCD #CD5798

split-complementary

#CDC757 #5798CD #8C57CD

monochromatic

#837E27 #B2AC35 #CDC757 #DBD786 #E9E6B5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#CDC757 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.90

#CDC757 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC757

11.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC757	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC757	1.00	1.76	11.90	11.90
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6C04B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C55D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBBBAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc757;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 199, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.134 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd78a',
    500: '#cdc757',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc757;
$custom-light: #dfd78a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc757",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.949,
    "s": 54.128,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81271,
    "c": 0.13372,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.54514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC757

secondary

#3E428A

accent

#52DD4A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC757

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

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