#CDC952#CDC952

#CDC952 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.554; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.140 H 107.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC952
RGB	rgb(205, 201, 82)
HSL	hsl(58, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(58, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 60%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.25, -13.53, 58.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.25, 59.88, 103.06°)
OKLab	oklab(81.65% -0.0416 0.1336)
OKLCH	oklch(81.65% 0.14 107.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.5880, 55.3631, 16.1604)
Luminance	0.5536 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC952 #5256CD

analogous

#CD8C52 #CDC952 #94CD52

triadic

#CDC952 #52CDC9 #C952CD

tetradic

#CDC952 #52CD8C #5256CD #CD5294

square

#CDC952 #52CD8C #5256CD #CD5294

split-complementary

#CDC952 #5294CD #8C52CD

monochromatic

#807D25 #AFAB33 #CDC952 #DBD881 #E8E7B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#CDC952 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.07

#CDC952 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC952

12.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC952	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC952	1.00	1.74	12.07	12.07
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C244

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC659

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBBDB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc952;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 201, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.140 107.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd987',
    500: '#cdc952',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc952;
$custom-light: #dfd987;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc952",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.049,
    "s": 55.157,
    "l": 56.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81645,
    "c": 0.13996,
    "h": 107.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.55362
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC952

secondary

#3C3E87

accent

#4EDE49

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF3

border

#D5D4CD

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC952

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

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