#CDC461#CDC461

#CDC461 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.533; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.122 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC461
RGB	rgb(205, 196, 97)
HSL	hsl(55, 52%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(55, 53%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 52.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.07, -9.86, 50.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.07, 51.14, 101.11°)
OKLab	oklab(80.75% -0.0295 0.1179)
OKLCH	oklch(80.75% 0.122 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.0758, 53.3236, 19.1196)
Luminance	0.5332 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC461 #616ACD

analogous

#CD8E61 #CDC461 #A0CD61

triadic

#CDC461 #61CDC4 #C461CD

tetradic

#CDC461 #61CD8E #616ACD #CD61A0

square

#CDC461 #61CD8E #616ACD #CD61A0

split-complementary

#CDC461 #61A0CD #8E61CD

monochromatic

#88812B #B7AC3A #CDC461 #DCD58F #EAE7BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#CDC461 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.66

#CDC461 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC461

11.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC461	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC461	1.00	1.80	11.66	11.66
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BE58

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C366

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DAB9AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc461;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 196, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.122 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ded591',
    500: '#cdc461',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc461;
$custom-light: #ded591;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc461",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55,
    "s": 51.923,
    "l": 59.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8075,
    "c": 0.12154,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.53322
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC461

secondary

#43498F

accent

#58DB4C

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC461

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

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