#CDC947#CDC947

#CDC947 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.148 H 107.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC947
RGB	rgb(205, 201, 71)
HSL	hsl(58, 57%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(58, 65%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 65.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.16, -14.22, 62.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.16, 64.41, 102.76°)
OKLab	oklab(81.55% -0.0448 0.1415)
OKLCH	oklch(81.55% 0.148 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(47.2025, 55.2089, 14.1299)
Luminance	0.5521 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC947 #474BCD

analogous

#CD8647 #CDC947 #8ECD47

triadic

#CDC947 #47CDC9 #C947CD

tetradic

#CDC947 #47CD86 #474BCD #CD478E

square

#CDC947 #47CD86 #474BCD #CD478E

split-complementary

#CDC947 #478ECD #8647CD

monochromatic

#797621 #A9A52E #CDC947 #DAD777 #E7E5A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#CDC947 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.04

#CDC947 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC947

12.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC947	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC947	1.00	1.74	12.04	12.04
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C135

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DCC64F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBBCAE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc947;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 201, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.148 107.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd981',
    500: '#cdc947',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc947;
$custom-light: #dfd981;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc947",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.209,
    "s": 57.265,
    "l": 54.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81546,
    "c": 0.14841,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.55207
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC947

secondary

#373981

accent

#4CE147

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC947

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →