#CDC243#CDC243

#CDC243 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.520; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.145 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC243
RGB	rgb(205, 194, 67)
HSL	hsl(55, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(55, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 67.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.26, -10.91, 62.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.26, 63.40, 99.90°)
OKLab	oklab(80.03% -0.0358 0.1401)
OKLCH	oklch(80.03% 0.145 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.4835, 51.9697, 12.9444)
Luminance	0.5197 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC243 #434ECD

analogous

#CD7D43 #CDC243 #93CD43

triadic

#CDC243 #43CDC2 #C243CD

tetradic

#CDC243 #43CD7D #434ECD #CD4393

square

#CDC243 #43CD7D #434ECD #CD4393

split-complementary

#CDC243 #4393CD #7D43CD

monochromatic

#766F1F #A79D2C #CDC243 #DAD273 #E7E1A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#CDC243 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.39

#CDC243 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC243

11.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC243	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC243	1.00	1.84	11.39	11.39
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BB31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C24B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCB5A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc243;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 194, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.145 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d47e',
    500: '#cdc243',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc243;
$custom-light: #e0d47e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc243",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.217,
    "s": 57.983,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80025,
    "c": 0.1446,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.51968
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC243

secondary

#363B7F

accent

#53E147

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC243

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

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