#CDC73B#CDC73B

#CDC73B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.541; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.154 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC73B
RGB	rgb(205, 199, 59)
HSL	hsl(58, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(58, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 71.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.55, -13.85, 66.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.55, 68.16, 101.72°)
OKLab	oklab(81.03% -0.0449 0.1478)
OKLCH	oklch(81.03% 0.154 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.3915, 54.1434, 12.1438)
Luminance	0.5414 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC73B #3B41CD

analogous

#CD7E3B #CDC73B #8ACD3B

triadic

#CDC73B #3BCDC7 #C73BCD

tetradic

#CDC73B #3BCD7E #3B41CD #CD3B8A

square

#CDC73B #3BCD7E #3B41CD #CD3B8A

split-complementary

#CDC73B #3B8ACD #7E3BCD

monochromatic

#716D1D #A29D29 #CDC73B #D9D56C #E6E39D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#CDC73B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.83

#CDC73B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC73B

11.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC73B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC73B	1.00	1.78	11.83	11.83
#FFFFFF	1.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8BF22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC545

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCBAAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc73b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 199, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.154 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d77a',
    500: '#cdc73b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc73b;
$custom-light: #e0d77a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc73b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.534,
    "s": 59.35,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81029,
    "c": 0.15446,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.54142
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC73B

secondary

#32357A

accent

#4CE345

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC73B

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

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