#CDC441#CDC441

#CDC441 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.528; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.148 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC441
RGB	rgb(205, 196, 65)
HSL	hsl(56, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(56, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 68.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.78, -12.03, 63.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.78, 64.89, 100.69°)
OKLab	oklab(80.43% -0.0392 0.1425)
OKLCH	oklch(80.43% 0.148 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.8727, 52.8423, 12.7832)
Luminance	0.5284 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC441 #414ACD

analogous

#CD7E41 #CDC441 #90CD41

triadic

#CDC441 #41CDC4 #C441CD

tetradic

#CDC441 #41CD7E #414ACD #CD4190

square

#CDC441 #41CD7E #414ACD #CD4190

split-complementary

#CDC441 #4190CD #7E41CD

monochromatic

#756F1F #A59D2C #CDC441 #DAD371 #E6E2A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#CDC441 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.57

#CDC441 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC441

11.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC441	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC441	1.00	1.82	11.57	11.57
#FFFFFF	1.82	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)

#D5BD2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C34A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCB7AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc441;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 196, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.148 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d57d',
    500: '#cdc441',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc441;
$custom-light: #e0d57d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc441",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.143,
    "s": 58.333,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80433,
    "c": 0.14781,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.52841
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC441

secondary

#35397D

accent

#50E246

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC441

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

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