#CDC249#CDC249

#CDC249 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.520; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.140 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC249
RGB	rgb(205, 194, 73)
HSL	hsl(55, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(55, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 64.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.31, -10.56, 60.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.31, 60.99, 99.97°)
OKLab	oklab(80.08% -0.0342 0.136)
OKLCH	oklch(80.08% 0.14 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.6730, 52.0455, 13.9420)
Luminance	0.5204 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC249 #4954CD

analogous

#CD8049 #CDC249 #96CD49

triadic

#CDC249 #49CDC2 #C249CD

tetradic

#CDC249 #49CD80 #4954CD #CD4996

square

#CDC249 #49CD80 #4954CD #CD4996

split-complementary

#CDC249 #4996CD #8049CD

monochromatic

#7A7322 #AAA02F #CDC249 #DAD279 #E7E2A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#CDC249 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.41

#CDC249 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC249

11.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC249	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC249	1.00	1.84	11.41	11.41
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BC3A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C250

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCB5A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc249;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 194, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.140 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd482',
    500: '#cdc249',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc249;
$custom-light: #dfd482;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc249",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55,
    "s": 56.897,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80075,
    "c": 0.14025,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.52044
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC249

secondary

#383E82

accent

#54E048

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC249

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

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