#CDC848#CDC848

#CDC848 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.548; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.147 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC848
RGB	rgb(205, 200, 72)
HSL	hsl(58, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(58, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 64.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.90, -13.66, 62.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.90, 63.63, 102.40°)
OKLab	oklab(81.34% -0.0431 0.1402)
OKLCH	oklch(81.34% 0.147 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.0025, 54.7571, 14.2229)
Luminance	0.5476 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC848 #484DCD

analogous

#CD8548 #CDC848 #90CD48

triadic

#CDC848 #48CDC8 #C848CD

tetradic

#CDC848 #48CD85 #484DCD #CD4890

square

#CDC848 #48CD85 #484DCD #CD4890

split-complementary

#CDC848 #4890CD #8548CD

monochromatic

#797621 #A9A52E #CDC848 #DAD678 #E7E5A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#CDC848 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.95

#CDC848 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC848

11.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC848	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC848	1.00	1.76	11.95	11.95
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C137

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC650

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBBBAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc848;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 200, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.147 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd881',
    500: '#cdc848',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc848;
$custom-light: #dfd881;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc848",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.744,
    "s": 57.082,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81341,
    "c": 0.1467,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.54756
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC848

secondary

#383A82

accent

#4DE047

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC848

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

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