#CDC948#CDC948

#CDC948 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.148 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC948
RGB	rgb(205, 201, 72)
HSL	hsl(58, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(58, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 64.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.17, -14.17, 62.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.17, 64.01, 102.79°)
OKLab	oklab(81.55% -0.0445 0.1408)
OKLCH	oklch(81.55% 0.148 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.2348, 55.2218, 14.3004)
Luminance	0.5522 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC948 #484CCD

analogous

#CD8648 #CDC948 #8FCD48

triadic

#CDC948 #48CDC9 #C948CD

tetradic

#CDC948 #48CD86 #484CCD #CD488F

square

#CDC948 #48CD86 #484CCD #CD488F

split-complementary

#CDC948 #488FCD #8648CD

monochromatic

#797721 #A9A62E #CDC948 #DAD778 #E7E5A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#CDC948 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.04

#CDC948 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC948

12.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC948	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC948	1.00	1.74	12.04	12.04
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C137

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC650

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBBCAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc948;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 201, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.148 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd981',
    500: '#cdc948',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc948;
$custom-light: #dfd981;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc948",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.195,
    "s": 57.082,
    "l": 54.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81554,
    "c": 0.14769,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.5522
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC948

secondary

#383A82

accent

#4CE047

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC948

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

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