#CDC361#CDC361

#CDC361 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.529; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.121 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC361
RGB	rgb(205, 195, 97)
HSL	hsl(54, 52%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(54, 53%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 52.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.80, -9.34, 49.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.80, 50.74, 100.61°)
OKLab	oklab(80.54% -0.0281 0.1172)
OKLCH	oklch(80.54% 0.121 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.8510, 52.8740, 19.0447)
Luminance	0.5287 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC361 #616BCD

analogous

#CD8D61 #CDC361 #A1CD61

triadic

#CDC361 #61CDC3 #C361CD

tetradic

#CDC361 #61CD8D #616BCD #CD61A1

square

#CDC361 #61CD8D #616BCD #CD61A1

split-complementary

#CDC361 #61A1CD #8D61CD

monochromatic

#88802B #B7AB3A #CDC361 #DCD58F #EAE6BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#CDC361 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.57

#CDC361 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC361

11.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC361	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC361	1.00	1.81	11.57	11.57
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BD58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C366

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAB8AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc361;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 195, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.121 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded490',
    500: '#cdc361',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc361;
$custom-light: #ded490;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc361",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.444,
    "s": 51.923,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8054,
    "c": 0.12054,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.52872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC361

secondary

#434A8F

accent

#5ADB4C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC361

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

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