#CDC641#CDC641

#CDC641 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.150 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC641
RGB	rgb(205, 198, 65)
HSL	hsl(57, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(57, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 68.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.32, -13.04, 64.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.32, 65.61, 101.47°)
OKLab	oklab(80.86% -0.0421 0.1437)
OKLCH	oklch(80.86% 0.15 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.3268, 53.7506, 12.9346)
Luminance	0.5375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC641 #4148CD

analogous

#CD8041 #CDC641 #8ECD41

triadic

#CDC641 #41CDC6 #C641CD

tetradic

#CDC641 #41CD80 #4148CD #CD418E

square

#CDC641 #41CD80 #4148CD #CD418E

split-complementary

#CDC641 #418ECD #8041CD

monochromatic

#75711F #A59F2C #CDC641 #DAD571 #E6E3A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#CDC641 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.75

#CDC641 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC641

11.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC641	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC641	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)

#D7BF2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC44A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCB9AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc641;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 198, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.150 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d77d',
    500: '#cdc641',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc641;
$custom-light: #e0d77d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc641",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57,
    "s": 58.333,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80859,
    "c": 0.14969,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.53749
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC641

secondary

#35387D

accent

#4EE246

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC641

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

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