#CDC541#CDC541

#CDC541 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.533; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.149 H 105.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC541
RGB	rgb(205, 197, 65)
HSL	hsl(57, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(57, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 68.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.05, -12.54, 64.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.05, 65.25, 101.08°)
OKLab	oklab(80.65% -0.0407 0.1431)
OKLCH	oklch(80.65% 0.149 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.0990, 53.2949, 12.8587)
Luminance	0.5329 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC541 #4149CD

analogous

#CD7F41 #CDC541 #8FCD41

triadic

#CDC541 #41CDC5 #C541CD

tetradic

#CDC541 #41CD7F #4149CD #CD418F

square

#CDC541 #41CD7F #4149CD #CD418F

split-complementary

#CDC541 #418FCD #7F41CD

monochromatic

#75701F #A59E2C #CDC541 #DAD471 #E6E3A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#CDC541 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.66

#CDC541 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC541

11.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC541	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC541	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)

#D6BE2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C44A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCB8AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc541;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 197, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.149 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d67d',
    500: '#cdc541',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc541;
$custom-light: #e0d67d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc541",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.571,
    "s": 58.333,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80646,
    "c": 0.14875,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.53293
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC541

secondary

#35397D

accent

#4FE246

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC541

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

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