#CDC13D#CDC13D

#CDC13D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.148 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC13D
RGB	rgb(205, 193, 61)
HSL	hsl(55, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(55, 70%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 70.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.96, -10.71, 64.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.96, 65.34, 99.43°)
OKLab	oklab(79.77% -0.0359 0.1433)
OKLCH	oklch(79.77% 0.148 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.0910, 51.4578, 11.9712)
Luminance	0.5146 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC13D #3D49CD

analogous

#CD793D #CDC13D #91CD3D

triadic

#CDC13D #3DCDC1 #C13DCD

tetradic

#CDC13D #3DCD79 #3D49CD #CD3D91

square

#CDC13D #3DCD79 #3D49CD #CD3D91

split-complementary

#CDC13D #3D91CD #793DCD

monochromatic

#726B1D #A3992A #CDC13D #DAD16E #E6E09E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#CDC13D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.29

#CDC13D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC13D

11.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC13D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC13D	1.00	1.86	11.29	11.29
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BA28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C146

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCB4A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc13d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 193, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.148 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d37b',
    500: '#cdc13d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc13d;
$custom-light: #e0d37b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc13d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55,
    "s": 59.016,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79767,
    "c": 0.14773,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.51456
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC13D

secondary

#33397B

accent

#53E246

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC13D

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

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