#CDC953#CDC953

#CDC953 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.554; OKLCH L 81.7% C 0.139 H 107.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC953
RGB	rgb(205, 201, 83)
HSL	hsl(58, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(58, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 59.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.26, -13.46, 57.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.26, 59.45, 103.09°)
OKLab	oklab(81.66% -0.0413 0.1329)
OKLCH	oklch(81.66% 0.139 107.3)
XYZ	xyz(47.6263, 55.3784, 16.3622)
Luminance	0.5538 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC953 #5357CD

analogous

#CD8C53 #CDC953 #94CD53

triadic

#CDC953 #53CDC9 #C953CD

tetradic

#CDC953 #53CD8C #5357CD #CD5394

square

#CDC953 #53CD8C #5357CD #CD5394

split-complementary

#CDC953 #5394CD #8C53CD

monochromatic

#807D25 #B0AC33 #CDC953 #DBD882 #E9E7B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#CDC953 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.08

#CDC953 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC953

12.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC953	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC953	1.00	1.74	12.08	12.08
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C246

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC65A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBBDB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc953;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 201, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.7% 0.139 107.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd988',
    500: '#cdc953',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc953;
$custom-light: #dfd988;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc953",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.033,
    "s": 54.955,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81655,
    "c": 0.13914,
    "h": 107.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.55377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC953

secondary

#3C3F88

accent

#4EDE4A

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#16140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC953

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

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