#CDC643#CDC643

#CDC643 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.148 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC643
RGB	rgb(205, 198, 67)
HSL	hsl(57, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(57, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 67.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.33, -12.94, 63.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.33, 64.84, 101.51°)
OKLab	oklab(80.87% -0.0416 0.1424)
OKLCH	oklch(80.87% 0.148 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(46.3858, 53.7742, 13.2451)
Luminance	0.5377 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC643 #434ACD

analogous

#CD8143 #CDC643 #8FCD43

triadic

#CDC643 #43CDC6 #C643CD

tetradic

#CDC643 #43CD81 #434ACD #CD438F

square

#CDC643 #43CD81 #434ACD #CD438F

split-complementary

#CDC643 #438FCD #8143CD

monochromatic

#76721F #A7A02C #CDC643 #DAD573 #E7E3A4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#CDC643 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.75

#CDC643 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC643

11.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC643	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC643	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)

#D6BF30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C44C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCB9AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc643;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 198, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.148 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d77e',
    500: '#cdc643',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc643;
$custom-light: #e0d77e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc643",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.957,
    "s": 57.983,
    "l": 53.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80874,
    "c": 0.14833,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.53773
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC643

secondary

#36397F

accent

#4EE147

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC643

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

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