#CDC049#CDC049

#CDC049 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.138 H 103.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC049
RGB	rgb(205, 192, 73)
HSL	hsl(54, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(54, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 64.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.78, -9.54, 59.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.78, 60.27, 99.10°)
OKLab	oklab(79.65% -0.0313 0.1348)
OKLCH	oklch(79.65% 0.138 103.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.2308, 51.1612, 13.7946)
Luminance	0.5116 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC049 #4956CD

analogous

#CD7E49 #CDC049 #98CD49

triadic

#CDC049 #49CDC0 #C049CD

tetradic

#CDC049 #49CD7E #4956CD #CD4998

square

#CDC049 #49CD7E #4956CD #CD4998

split-complementary

#CDC049 #4998CD #7E49CD

monochromatic

#7A7122 #AA9E2F #CDC049 #DAD179 #E7E1A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#CDC049 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.23

#CDC049 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC049

11.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC049	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC049	1.00	1.87	11.23	11.23
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0BA3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C050

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCB3A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc049;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 192, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.138 103.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd281',
    500: '#cdc049',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc049;
$custom-light: #dfd281;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc049",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.091,
    "s": 56.897,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79653,
    "c": 0.13841,
    "h": 103.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.51159
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC049

secondary

#383F82

accent

#57E048

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC049

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

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