#CDC140#CDC140

#CDC140 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.146 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC140
RGB	rgb(205, 193, 64)
HSL	hsl(55, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(55, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 68.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.98, -10.56, 63.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.98, 64.21, 99.46°)
OKLab	oklab(79.79% -0.0352 0.1415)
OKLCH	oklch(79.79% 0.146 104)
XYZ	xyz(45.1741, 51.4910, 12.4087)
Luminance	0.5149 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC140 #404CCD

analogous

#CD7B40 #CDC140 #92CD40

triadic

#CDC140 #40CDC1 #C140CD

tetradic

#CDC140 #40CD7B #404CCD #CD4092

square

#CDC140 #40CD7B #404CCD #CD4092

split-complementary

#CDC140 #4092CD #7B40CD

monochromatic

#746D1E #A59A2B #CDC140 #DAD171 #E6E0A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#CDC140 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.30

#CDC140 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC140

11.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC140	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC140	1.00	1.86	11.30	11.30
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BB2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C148

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCB4A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc140;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 193, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.146 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d37c',
    500: '#cdc140',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc140;
$custom-light: #e0d37c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc140",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.894,
    "s": 58.506,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79789,
    "c": 0.14576,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.51489
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC140

secondary

#343A7D

accent

#53E246

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC140

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

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