#CDC43D#CDC43D

#CDC43D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.528; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.150 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC43D
RGB	rgb(205, 196, 61)
HSL	hsl(56, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(56, 70%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 70.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.76, -12.24, 65.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.76, 66.38, 100.62°)
OKLab	oklab(80.4% -0.0402 0.145)
OKLCH	oklch(80.4% 0.15 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.7609, 52.7976, 12.1945)
Luminance	0.5280 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC43D #3D46CD

analogous

#CD7C3D #CDC43D #8ECD3D

triadic

#CDC43D #3DCDC4 #C43DCD

tetradic

#CDC43D #3DCD7C #3D46CD #CD3D8E

square

#CDC43D #3DCD7C #3D46CD #CD3D8E

split-complementary

#CDC43D #3D8ECD #7C3DCD

monochromatic

#726D1D #A39B2A #CDC43D #DAD36E #E6E29E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#CDC43D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.56

#CDC43D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC43D

11.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC43D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC43D	1.00	1.82	11.56	11.56
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BD27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C346

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCB7A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc43d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 196, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.150 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d57b',
    500: '#cdc43d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc43d;
$custom-light: #e0d57b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc43d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.25,
    "s": 59.016,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80404,
    "c": 0.15043,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.52796
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC43D

secondary

#33387B

accent

#4FE246

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC43D

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

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