#CDC73D#CDC73D

#CDC73D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 81.0% C 0.153 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC73D
RGB	rgb(205, 199, 61)
HSL	hsl(58, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(58, 70%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 70.2%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.56, -13.75, 66.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.56, 67.45, 101.77°)
OKLab	oklab(81.04% -0.0445 0.1466)
OKLCH	oklch(81.04% 0.153 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.4444, 54.1645, 12.4223)
Luminance	0.5416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC73D #3D43CD

analogous

#CD7F3D #CDC73D #8BCD3D

triadic

#CDC73D #3DCDC7 #C73DCD

tetradic

#CDC73D #3DCD7F #3D43CD #CD3D8B

square

#CDC73D #3DCD7F #3D43CD #CD3D8B

split-complementary

#CDC73D #3D8BCD #7F3DCD

monochromatic

#726F1D #A39E2A #CDC73D #DAD56E #E6E39E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#CDC73D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.83

#CDC73D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC73D

11.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC73D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC73D	1.00	1.77	11.83	11.83
#FFFFFF	1.77	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)

#D8BF26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC547

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCBAAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc73d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 199, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.153 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d77b',
    500: '#cdc73d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc73d;
$custom-light: #e0d77b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc73d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.5,
    "s": 59.016,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81043,
    "c": 0.15322,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.54163
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC73D

secondary

#33367B

accent

#4CE246

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC73D

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

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