#CDC549#CDC549

#CDC549 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.534; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.143 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC549
RGB	rgb(205, 197, 73)
HSL	hsl(56, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(56, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.9%, 64.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.11, -12.09, 60.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.11, 62.10, 101.22°)
OKLab	oklab(80.71% -0.0385 0.1378)
OKLCH	oklch(80.71% 0.143 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.3474, 53.3943, 14.1668)
Luminance	0.5339 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC549 #4951CD

analogous

#CD8349 #CDC549 #93CD49

triadic

#CDC549 #49CDC5 #C549CD

tetradic

#CDC549 #49CD83 #4951CD #CD4993

square

#CDC549 #49CD83 #4951CD #CD4993

split-complementary

#CDC549 #4993CD #8349CD

monochromatic

#7A7522 #AAA32F #CDC549 #DAD479 #E7E4A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#CDC549 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.68

#CDC549 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC549

11.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC549	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC549	1.00	1.80	11.68	11.68
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BE39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C451

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBB8AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc549;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 197, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.143 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd682',
    500: '#cdc549',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc549;
$custom-light: #dfd682;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc549",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.364,
    "s": 56.897,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80711,
    "c": 0.14307,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.53393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC549

secondary

#383D82

accent

#51E048

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC549

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

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