#CDC141#CDC141

#CDC141 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.145 H 103.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC141
RGB	rgb(205, 193, 65)
HSL	hsl(55, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(55, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 68.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.98, -10.50, 62.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.98, 63.83, 99.47°)
OKLab	oklab(79.8% -0.0349 0.1408)
OKLCH	oklch(79.8% 0.145 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.2028, 51.5025, 12.5599)
Luminance	0.5150 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC141 #414DCD

analogous

#CD7B41 #CDC141 #93CD41

triadic

#CDC141 #41CDC1 #C141CD

tetradic

#CDC141 #41CD7B #414DCD #CD4193

square

#CDC141 #41CD7B #414DCD #CD4193

split-complementary

#CDC141 #4193CD #7B41CD

monochromatic

#756D1F #A59B2C #CDC141 #DAD171 #E6E1A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#CDC141 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.30

#CDC141 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC141

11.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC141	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC141	1.00	1.86	11.30	11.30
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BB2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C149

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCB4A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc141;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 193, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.145 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d37d',
    500: '#cdc141',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc141;
$custom-light: #e0d37d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc141",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.857,
    "s": 58.333,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79797,
    "c": 0.14508,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.51501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC141

secondary

#353B7D

accent

#54E246

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC141

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

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