#CDC73C#CDC73C

#CDC73C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.542; 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	#CDC73C
RGB	rgb(205, 199, 60)
HSL	hsl(58, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(58, 71%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 70.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.55, -13.80, 66.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.55, 67.80, 101.74°)
OKLab	oklab(81.04% -0.0447 0.1472)
OKLCH	oklch(81.04% 0.154 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.4177, 54.1538, 12.2817)
Luminance	0.5415 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC73C #3C42CD

analogous

#CD7E3C #CDC73C #8BCD3C

triadic

#CDC73C #3CCDC7 #C73CCD

tetradic

#CDC73C #3CCD7E #3C42CD #CD3C8B

square

#CDC73C #3CCD7E #3C42CD #CD3C8B

split-complementary

#CDC73C #3C8BCD #7E3CCD

monochromatic

#716E1D #A29D2A #CDC73C #D9D56D #E6E39D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.78

#CDC73C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.83

#CDC73C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC73C

11.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC73C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC73C	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)

#D8BF24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC546

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCBAAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc73c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 199, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.154 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d77b',
    500: '#cdc73c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc73c;
$custom-light: #e0d77b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc73c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.517,
    "s": 59.184,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81036,
    "c": 0.15384,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.54152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC73C

secondary

#33367A

accent

#4CE245

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC73C

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

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