#CDC852#CDC852

#CDC852 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.549; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.139 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC852
RGB	rgb(205, 200, 82)
HSL	hsl(58, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(58, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 60%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.98, -13.03, 58.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.98, 59.49, 102.65°)
OKLab	oklab(81.43% -0.0402 0.133)
OKLCH	oklch(81.43% 0.139 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.3556, 54.8984, 16.0829)
Luminance	0.5490 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC852 #5257CD

analogous

#CD8B52 #CDC852 #95CD52

triadic

#CDC852 #52CDC8 #C852CD

tetradic

#CDC852 #52CD8B #5257CD #CD5295

square

#CDC852 #52CD8B #5257CD #CD5295

split-complementary

#CDC852 #5295CD #8B52CD

monochromatic

#807C25 #AFAA33 #CDC852 #DBD781 #E8E6B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#CDC852 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.98

#CDC852 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC852

11.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC852	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC852	1.00	1.75	11.98	11.98
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C144

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC659

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBBCAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc852;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 200, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.139 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd887',
    500: '#cdc852',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc852;
$custom-light: #dfd887;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc852",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.561,
    "s": 55.157,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81432,
    "c": 0.13895,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.54897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC852

secondary

#3C3F87

accent

#4FDE49

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF3

border

#D5D4CD

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC852

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

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