#CDC144#CDC144

#CDC144 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.515; OKLCH L 79.8% C 0.143 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC144
RGB	rgb(205, 193, 68)
HSL	hsl(55, 58%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(55, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 66.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.00, -10.34, 61.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.00, 62.65, 99.50°)
OKLab	oklab(79.82% -0.0341 0.1389)
OKLCH	oklch(79.82% 0.143 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(45.2920, 51.5382, 13.0298)
Luminance	0.5154 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC144 #4450CD

analogous

#CD7C44 #CDC144 #94CD44

triadic

#CDC144 #44CDC1 #C144CD

tetradic

#CDC144 #44CD7C #4450CD #CD4494

square

#CDC144 #44CD7C #4450CD #CD4494

split-complementary

#CDC144 #4494CD #7C44CD

monochromatic

#776F20 #A79C2D #CDC144 #DAD174 #E7E1A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.86

#CDC144 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.31

#CDC144 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC144

11.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC144	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC144	1.00	1.86	11.31	11.31
#FFFFFF	1.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BB33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C14C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCB4A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc144;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 193, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.8% 0.143 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d37f',
    500: '#cdc144',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc144;
$custom-light: #e0d37f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc144",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.745,
    "s": 57.806,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79821,
    "c": 0.14299,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.51536
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC144

secondary

#363C7F

accent

#54E147

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC144

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

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