#CDC73E#CDC73E

#CDC73E 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	#CDC73E
RGB	rgb(205, 199, 62)
HSL	hsl(57, 59%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(57, 70%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 69.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.56, -13.70, 65.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.56, 67.08, 101.79°)
OKLab	oklab(81.05% -0.0442 0.146)
OKLCH	oklch(81.05% 0.153 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.4715, 54.1754, 12.5655)
Luminance	0.5417 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC73E #3E44CD

analogous

#CD803E #CDC73E #8BCD3E

triadic

#CDC73E #3ECDC7 #C73ECD

tetradic

#CDC73E #3ECD80 #3E44CD #CD3E8B

square

#CDC73E #3ECD80 #3E44CD #CD3E8B

split-complementary

#CDC73E #3E8BCD #803ECD

monochromatic

#736F1E #A39E2A #CDC73E #DAD56F #E6E39F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#CDC73E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.83

#CDC73E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC73E

11.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC73E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC73E	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)

#D8BF28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC548

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCBAAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc73e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 199, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.0% 0.153 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d77c',
    500: '#cdc73e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc73e;
$custom-light: #e0d77c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc73e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.483,
    "s": 58.848,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.8105,
    "c": 0.15258,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.54174
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC73E

secondary

#34377C

accent

#4CE246

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC73E

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

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