#CDC63F#CDC63F

#CDC63F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.151 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC63F
RGB	rgb(205, 198, 63)
HSL	hsl(57, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(57, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 69.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.30, -13.15, 65.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.30, 66.36, 101.43°)
OKLab	oklab(80.84% -0.0426 0.1449)
OKLCH	oklch(80.84% 0.151 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.2699, 53.7278, 12.6349)
Luminance	0.5373 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC63F #3F46CD

analogous

#CD7F3F #CDC63F #8DCD3F

triadic

#CDC63F #3FCDC6 #C63FCD

tetradic

#CDC63F #3FCD7F #3F46CD #CD3F8D

square

#CDC63F #3FCD7F #3F46CD #CD3F8D

split-complementary

#CDC63F #3F8DCD #7F3FCD

monochromatic

#746F1E #A49E2B #CDC63F #DAD470 #E6E3A0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#CDC63F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.75

#CDC63F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC63F

11.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC63F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC63F	1.00	1.79	11.75	11.75
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7BF2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC448

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCB9AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc63f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 198, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.151 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d77c',
    500: '#cdc63f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc63f;
$custom-light: #e0d77c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc63f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.042,
    "s": 58.678,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80844,
    "c": 0.151,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.53726
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC63F

secondary

#34377C

accent

#4EE246

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC63F

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

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