#CDC449#CDC449

#CDC449 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.529; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.142 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC449
RGB	rgb(205, 196, 73)
HSL	hsl(56, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(56, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 64.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.84, -11.58, 60.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.84, 61.73, 100.81°)
OKLab	oklab(80.5% -0.0371 0.1372)
OKLCH	oklch(80.5% 0.142 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.1211, 52.9417, 14.0914)
Luminance	0.5294 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC449 #4952CD

analogous

#CD8249 #CDC449 #94CD49

triadic

#CDC449 #49CDC4 #C449CD

tetradic

#CDC449 #49CD82 #4952CD #CD4994

square

#CDC449 #49CD82 #4952CD #CD4994

split-complementary

#CDC449 #4994CD #8249CD

monochromatic

#7A7422 #AAA22F #CDC449 #DAD479 #E7E3A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#CDC449 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.59

#CDC449 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC449

11.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC449	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC449	1.00	1.81	11.59	11.59
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BD39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C350

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCB7AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc449;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 196, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.142 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd582',
    500: '#cdc449',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc449;
$custom-light: #dfd582;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc449",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.909,
    "s": 56.897,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80499,
    "c": 0.14212,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.5294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC449

secondary

#383D82

accent

#52E048

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC449

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

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