#CDC043#CDC043

#CDC043 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.143 H 103.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC043
RGB	rgb(205, 192, 67)
HSL	hsl(54, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(54, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 67.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.73, -9.88, 61.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.73, 62.70, 99.07°)
OKLab	oklab(79.6% -0.0329 0.139)
OKLCH	oklch(79.6% 0.143 103.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.0414, 51.0854, 12.7970)
Luminance	0.5108 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC043 #4350CD

analogous

#CD7B43 #CDC043 #95CD43

triadic

#CDC043 #43CDC0 #C043CD

tetradic

#CDC043 #43CD7B #4350CD #CD4395

square

#CDC043 #43CD7B #4350CD #CD4395

split-complementary

#CDC043 #4395CD #7B43CD

monochromatic

#766E1F #A79B2C #CDC043 #DAD073 #E7E0A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#CDC043 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.22

#CDC043 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC043

11.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC043	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC043	1.00	1.87	11.22	11.22
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BA32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C04B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCB3A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc043;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 192, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.143 103.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d27e',
    500: '#cdc043',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc043;
$custom-light: #e0d27e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc043",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.348,
    "s": 57.983,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79602,
    "c": 0.1428,
    "h": 103.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC043

secondary

#363C7F

accent

#55E147

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC043

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

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