#CDC04A#CDC04A

#CDC04A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.138 H 103.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC04A
RGB	rgb(205, 192, 74)
HSL	hsl(54, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(54, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 63.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.78, -9.47, 59.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.78, 59.85, 99.11°)
OKLab	oklab(79.66% -0.031 0.1341)
OKLCH	oklch(79.66% 0.138 103)
XYZ	xyz(45.2643, 51.1746, 13.9706)
Luminance	0.5117 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC04A #4A57CD

analogous

#CD7F4A #CDC04A #98CD4A

triadic

#CDC04A #4ACDC0 #C04ACD

tetradic

#CDC04A #4ACD7F #4A57CD #CD4A98

square

#CDC04A #4ACD7F #4A57CD #CD4A98

split-complementary

#CDC04A #4A98CD #7F4ACD

monochromatic

#7B7222 #AB9E2F #CDC04A #DAD17A #E7E1AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#CDC04A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.23

#CDC04A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC04A

11.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC04A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC04A	1.00	1.87	11.23	11.23
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0BA3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C051

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCB3A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc04a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 192, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.138 103.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd282',
    500: '#cdc04a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc04a;
$custom-light: #dfd282;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc04a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.046,
    "s": 56.71,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79662,
    "c": 0.13764,
    "h": 103
  },
  "luminance": 0.51173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC04A

secondary

#384083

accent

#57E048

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC04A

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

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