#CDC649#CDC649

#CDC649 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.538; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.144 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC649
RGB	rgb(205, 198, 73)
HSL	hsl(57, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(57, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 64.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.37, -12.59, 61.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.37, 62.47, 101.63°)
OKLab	oklab(80.92% -0.04 0.1384)
OKLCH	oklch(80.92% 0.144 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.5752, 53.8499, 14.2427)
Luminance	0.5385 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC649 #4950CD

analogous

#CD8449 #CDC649 #92CD49

triadic

#CDC649 #49CDC6 #C649CD

tetradic

#CDC649 #49CD84 #4950CD #CD4992

square

#CDC649 #49CD84 #4950CD #CD4992

split-complementary

#CDC649 #4992CD #8449CD

monochromatic

#7A7522 #AAA42F #CDC649 #DAD579 #E7E4A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#CDC649 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.77

#CDC649 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC649

11.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC649	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC649	1.00	1.78	11.77	11.77
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D6BF39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D9C451

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBB9AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc649;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 198, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.144 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd782',
    500: '#cdc649',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc649;
$custom-light: #dfd782;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc649",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.818,
    "s": 56.897,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80924,
    "c": 0.14403,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.53848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC649

secondary

#383C82

accent

#50E048

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC649

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

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