#CDC853#CDC853

#CDC853 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.549; OKLCH L 81.4% C 0.138 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC853
RGB	rgb(205, 200, 83)
HSL	hsl(58, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(58, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 59.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.99, -12.96, 57.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.99, 59.05, 102.67°)
OKLab	oklab(81.44% -0.0399 0.1322)
OKLCH	oklch(81.44% 0.138 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(47.3940, 54.9137, 16.2848)
Luminance	0.5491 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC853 #5358CD

analogous

#CD8B53 #CDC853 #95CD53

triadic

#CDC853 #53CDC8 #C853CD

tetradic

#CDC853 #53CD8B #5358CD #CD5395

square

#CDC853 #53CD8B #5358CD #CD5395

split-complementary

#CDC853 #5395CD #8B53CD

monochromatic

#807D25 #B0AB33 #CDC853 #DBD782 #E9E6B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#CDC853 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.98

#CDC853 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC853

11.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC853	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC853	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)

#D8C146

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC65A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBBCAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc853;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 200, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.4% 0.138 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd888',
    500: '#cdc853',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc853;
$custom-light: #dfd888;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc853",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.541,
    "s": 54.955,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81442,
    "c": 0.13812,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.54912
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC853

secondary

#3C3F88

accent

#50DE4A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC853

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →