#CDC040#CDC040

#CDC040 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.145 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC040
RGB	rgb(205, 192, 64)
HSL	hsl(54, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(54, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 68.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.71, -10.05, 63.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.71, 63.86, 99.05°)
OKLab	oklab(79.58% -0.0337 0.1409)
OKLCH	oklch(79.58% 0.145 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(44.9538, 51.0504, 12.3353)
Luminance	0.5105 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC040 #404DCD

analogous

#CD7940 #CDC040 #93CD40

triadic

#CDC040 #40CDC0 #C040CD

tetradic

#CDC040 #40CD79 #404DCD #CD4093

square

#CDC040 #40CD79 #404DCD #CD4093

split-complementary

#CDC040 #4093CD #7940CD

monochromatic

#746C1E #A5992B #CDC040 #DAD071 #E6E0A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#CDC040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.21

#CDC040 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC040

11.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC040	1.00	1.87	11.21	11.21
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BA2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C048

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCB3A6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 192, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.145 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d27c',
    500: '#cdc040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc040;
$custom-light: #e0d27c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.468,
    "s": 58.506,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79578,
    "c": 0.14487,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.51049
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC040

secondary

#343B7D

accent

#54E246

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC040

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

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