#CDC941#CDC941

#CDC941 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.551; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.153 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC941
RGB	rgb(205, 201, 65)
HSL	hsl(58, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(58, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 68.3%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.12, -14.56, 65.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.12, 66.71, 102.60°)
OKLab	oklab(81.5% -0.0463 0.1453)
OKLCH	oklch(81.5% 0.153 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(47.0193, 55.1356, 13.1654)
Luminance	0.5513 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC941 #4145CD

analogous

#CD8341 #CDC941 #8BCD41

triadic

#CDC941 #41CDC9 #C941CD

tetradic

#CDC941 #41CD83 #4145CD #CD418B

square

#CDC941 #41CD83 #4145CD #CD418B

split-complementary

#CDC941 #418BCD #8341CD

monochromatic

#75721F #A5A22C #CDC941 #DAD771 #E6E5A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.75

#CDC941 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.03

#CDC941 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC941

12.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC941	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC941	1.00	1.75	12.03	12.03
#FFFFFF	1.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C12C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC64A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCBCAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc941;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 201, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.153 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d97e',
    500: '#cdc941',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc941;
$custom-light: #e0d97e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc941",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.286,
    "s": 58.333,
    "l": 52.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81499,
    "c": 0.15255,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.55134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC941

secondary

#35377D

accent

#4BE246

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC941

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

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