#CDC849#CDC849

#CDC849 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.548; OKLCH L 81.3% C 0.146 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC849
RGB	rgb(205, 200, 73)
HSL	hsl(58, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(58, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 64.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.91, -13.60, 61.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.91, 63.23, 102.42°)
OKLab	oklab(81.35% -0.0428 0.1396)
OKLCH	oklch(81.35% 0.146 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(47.0354, 54.7703, 14.3961)
Luminance	0.5477 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC849 #494ECD

analogous

#CD8649 #CDC849 #90CD49

triadic

#CDC849 #49CDC8 #C849CD

tetradic

#CDC849 #49CD86 #494ECD #CD4990

square

#CDC849 #49CD86 #494ECD #CD4990

split-complementary

#CDC849 #4990CD #8649CD

monochromatic

#7A7722 #AAA52F #CDC849 #DAD779 #E7E5A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.76

#CDC849 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.95

#CDC849 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC849

11.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC849	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC849	1.00	1.76	11.95	11.95
#FFFFFF	1.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D8C138

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC651

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBBBAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C3C3C3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc849;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 200, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.3% 0.146 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd882',
    500: '#cdc849',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc849;
$custom-light: #dfd882;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc849",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 200,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.727,
    "s": 56.897,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81349,
    "c": 0.14597,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.54769
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC849

secondary

#383B82

accent

#4DE048

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC849

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

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