#CDC63D#CDC63D

#CDC63D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.152 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC63D
RGB	rgb(205, 198, 61)
HSL	hsl(57, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(57, 70%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 70.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.29, -13.25, 65.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.29, 67.09, 101.39°)
OKLab	oklab(80.83% -0.0431 0.1461)
OKLCH	oklch(80.83% 0.152 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.2150, 53.7059, 12.3458)
Luminance	0.5370 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC63D #3D44CD

analogous

#CD7E3D #CDC63D #8CCD3D

triadic

#CDC63D #3DCDC6 #C63DCD

tetradic

#CDC63D #3DCD7E #3D44CD #CD3D8C

square

#CDC63D #3DCD7E #3D44CD #CD3D8C

split-complementary

#CDC63D #3D8CCD #7E3DCD

monochromatic

#726E1D #A39D2A #CDC63D #DAD46E #E6E39E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#CDC63D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.74

#CDC63D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC63D

11.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC63D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC63D	1.00	1.79	11.74	11.74
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7BF26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC447

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCB9AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc63d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 198, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.152 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d77b',
    500: '#cdc63d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc63d;
$custom-light: #e0d77b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc63d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.083,
    "s": 59.016,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8083,
    "c": 0.15228,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.53704
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC63D

secondary

#33377B

accent

#4DE246

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC63D

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

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