#CDC042#CDC042

#CDC042 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.511; OKLCH L 79.6% C 0.143 H 103.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC042
RGB	rgb(205, 192, 66)
HSL	hsl(54, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(54, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 67.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.72, -9.94, 62.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.72, 63.09, 99.06°)
OKLab	oklab(79.59% -0.0332 0.1396)
OKLCH	oklch(79.59% 0.144 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.0117, 51.0736, 12.6404)
Luminance	0.5107 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC042 #424FCD

analogous

#CD7A42 #CDC042 #95CD42

triadic

#CDC042 #42CDC0 #C042CD

tetradic

#CDC042 #42CD7A #424FCD #CD4295

square

#CDC042 #42CD7A #424FCD #CD4295

split-complementary

#CDC042 #4295CD #7A42CD

monochromatic

#766D1F #A69A2C #CDC042 #DAD072 #E7E0A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#CDC042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.21

#CDC042 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC042

11.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC042	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)

#D1BA30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C04A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCB3A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 192, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.6% 0.143 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d27d',
    500: '#cdc042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc042;
$custom-light: #e0d27d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.388,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79593,
    "c": 0.1435,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.51072
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC042

secondary

#353C7E

accent

#55E146

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC042

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

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