#CDC749#CDC749

#CDC749 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.543; OKLCH L 81.1% C 0.145 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC749
RGB	rgb(205, 199, 73)
HSL	hsl(57, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(57, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 64.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.64, -13.10, 61.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.64, 62.85, 102.03°)
OKLab	oklab(81.14% -0.0414 0.139)
OKLCH	oklch(81.14% 0.145 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(46.8045, 54.3086, 14.3192)
Luminance	0.5431 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC749 #494FCD

analogous

#CD8549 #CDC749 #91CD49

triadic

#CDC749 #49CDC7 #C749CD

tetradic

#CDC749 #49CD85 #494FCD #CD4991

square

#CDC749 #49CD85 #494FCD #CD4991

split-complementary

#CDC749 #4991CD #8549CD

monochromatic

#7A7622 #AAA42F #CDC749 #DAD679 #E7E5A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.77

#CDC749 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.86

#CDC749 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC749

11.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC749	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC749	1.00	1.77	11.86	11.86
#FFFFFF	1.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7C039

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC551

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBBAAD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc749;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 199, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.1% 0.145 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd782',
    500: '#cdc749',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc749;
$custom-light: #dfd782;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc749",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 199,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.273,
    "s": 56.897,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81136,
    "c": 0.145,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.54307
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC749

secondary

#383B82

accent

#4FE048

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC749

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

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