#CDC142#CDC142

#CDC142 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.144 H 103.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC142
RGB	rgb(205, 193, 66)
HSL	hsl(55, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(55, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 67.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.99, -10.45, 62.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.99, 63.44, 99.48°)
OKLab	oklab(79.81% -0.0346 0.1402)
OKLCH	oklch(79.81% 0.144 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.2320, 51.5142, 12.7138)
Luminance	0.5151 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC142 #424ECD

analogous

#CD7B42 #CDC142 #93CD42

triadic

#CDC142 #42CDC1 #C142CD

tetradic

#CDC142 #42CD7B #424ECD #CD4293

square

#CDC142 #42CD7B #424ECD #CD4293

split-complementary

#CDC142 #4293CD #7B42CD

monochromatic

#766E1F #A69B2C #CDC142 #DAD172 #E7E1A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#CDC142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.30

#CDC142 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC142

11.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC142	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)

#D2BB30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C14A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCB4A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 193, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.144 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d37d',
    500: '#cdc142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc142;
$custom-light: #e0d37d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.82,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79805,
    "c": 0.14439,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.51512
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC142

secondary

#353B7E

accent

#54E146

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC142

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

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