#CDC741#CDC741

#CDC741 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.542; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.151 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC741
RGB	rgb(205, 199, 65)
HSL	hsl(57, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(57, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 68.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.58, -13.55, 64.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.58, 65.97, 101.85°)
OKLab	oklab(81.07% -0.0435 0.1442)
OKLCH	oklch(81.07% 0.151 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(46.5561, 54.2092, 13.0110)
Luminance	0.5421 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC741 #4147CD

analogous

#CD8141 #CDC741 #8DCD41

triadic

#CDC741 #41CDC7 #C741CD

tetradic

#CDC741 #41CD81 #4147CD #CD418D

square

#CDC741 #41CD81 #4147CD #CD418D

split-complementary

#CDC741 #418DCD #8141CD

monochromatic

#75711F #A5A02C #CDC741 #DAD571 #E6E4A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#CDC741 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.84

#CDC741 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC741

11.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC741	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC741	1.00	1.77	11.84	11.84
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C02D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC54A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCBAAC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc741;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 199, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.151 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d77d',
    500: '#cdc741',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc741;
$custom-light: #e0d77d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc741",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.429,
    "s": 58.333,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81072,
    "c": 0.15063,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.54208
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC741

secondary

#35387D

accent

#4DE246

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC741

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

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