#CDC137#CDC137

#CDC137 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.514; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.151 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC137
RGB	rgb(205, 193, 55)
HSL	hsl(55, 60%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(55, 73%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 73.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.92, -10.99, 66.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.92, 67.49, 99.37°)
OKLab	oklab(79.73% -0.0373 0.1467)
OKLCH	oklch(79.73% 0.151 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(44.9383, 51.3967, 11.1671)
Luminance	0.5140 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC137 #3743CD

analogous

#CD7637 #CDC137 #8ECD37

triadic

#CDC137 #37CDC1 #C137CD

tetradic

#CDC137 #37CD76 #3743CD #CD378E

square

#CDC137 #37CD76 #3743CD #CD378E

split-complementary

#CDC137 #378ECD #7637CD

monochromatic

#6E671C #9F9528 #CDC137 #D9D068 #E5DF99

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#CDC137 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.28

#CDC137 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC137

11.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC137	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC137	1.00	1.86	11.28	11.28
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BA1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C141

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCB4A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc137;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 193, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.151 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d378',
    500: '#cdc137',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc137;
$custom-light: #e0d378;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc137",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.2,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79726,
    "c": 0.1514,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51395
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC137

secondary

#313677

accent

#51E345

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FDFBF1

border

#D5D4CB

text

#161409

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC137

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

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