#CDC04F#CDC04F

#CDC04F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.512; OKLCH L 79.7% C 0.134 H 102.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC04F
RGB	rgb(205, 192, 79)
HSL	hsl(54, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(54, 61%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.3%, 61.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.83, -9.15, 57.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.83, 57.73, 99.12°)
OKLab	oklab(79.71% -0.0295 0.1304)
OKLCH	oklch(79.71% 0.134 102.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.4395, 51.2447, 14.8933)
Luminance	0.5124 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC04F #4F5CCD

analogous

#CD814F #CDC04F #9BCD4F

triadic

#CDC04F #4FCDC0 #C04FCD

tetradic

#CDC04F #4FCD81 #4F5CCD #CD4F9B

square

#CDC04F #4FCD81 #4F5CCD #CD4F9B

split-complementary

#CDC04F #4F9BCD #814FCD

monochromatic

#7E7524 #AEA131 #CDC04F #DBD17F #E8E2AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#CDC04F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.25

#CDC04F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC04F

11.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC04F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC04F	1.00	1.87	11.25	11.25
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D0BA42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C055

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCB4A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc04f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 192, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.7% 0.134 102.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd285',
    500: '#cdc04f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc04f;
$custom-light: #dfd285;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc04f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 192,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.81,
    "s": 55.752,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79709,
    "c": 0.13368,
    "h": 102.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.51243
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC04F

secondary

#3B4286

accent

#58DF49

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC04F

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

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