#CDC949#CDC949

#CDC949 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.552; OKLCH L 81.6% C 0.147 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC949
RGB	rgb(205, 201, 73)
HSL	hsl(58, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(58, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2%, 64.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.18, -14.11, 62.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.18, 63.61, 102.81°)
OKLab	oklab(81.56% -0.0442 0.1401)
OKLCH	oklch(81.56% 0.147 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(47.2677, 55.2350, 14.4736)
Luminance	0.5523 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC949 #494DCD

analogous

#CD8749 #CDC949 #8FCD49

triadic

#CDC949 #49CDC9 #C949CD

tetradic

#CDC949 #49CD87 #494DCD #CD498F

square

#CDC949 #49CD87 #494DCD #CD498F

split-complementary

#CDC949 #498FCD #8749CD

monochromatic

#7A7722 #AAA62F #CDC949 #DAD779 #E7E5A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.74

#CDC949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.05

#CDC949 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC949

12.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC949	1.00	1.74	12.05	12.05
#FFFFFF	1.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D9C138

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DBC651

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBBCAF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C4C4C4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 201, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.6% 0.147 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd982',
    500: '#cdc949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc949;
$custom-light: #dfd982;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.182,
    "s": 56.897,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81563,
    "c": 0.14696,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.55233
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC949

secondary

#383A82

accent

#4CE048

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC949

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

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