#CDC14A#CDC14A

#CDC14A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.139 H 103.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC14A
RGB	rgb(205, 193, 74)
HSL	hsl(55, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(55, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 63.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.05, -9.99, 59.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.05, 60.21, 99.55°)
OKLab	oklab(79.87% -0.0325 0.1347)
OKLCH	oklch(79.87% 0.139 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(45.4846, 51.6152, 14.0441)
Luminance	0.5161 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC14A #4A56CD

analogous

#CD804A #CDC14A #97CD4A

triadic

#CDC14A #4ACDC1 #C14ACD

tetradic

#CDC14A #4ACD80 #4A56CD #CD4A97

square

#CDC14A #4ACD80 #4A56CD #CD4A97

split-complementary

#CDC14A #4A97CD #804ACD

monochromatic

#7B7322 #AB9F2F #CDC14A #DAD17A #E7E2AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#CDC14A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.32

#CDC14A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC14A

11.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC14A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC14A	1.00	1.85	11.32	11.32
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BB3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C151

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCB4A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc14a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 193, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.139 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd382',
    500: '#cdc14a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc14a;
$custom-light: #dfd382;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc14a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.504,
    "s": 56.71,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79873,
    "c": 0.13856,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.51613
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC14A

secondary

#383F83

accent

#56E048

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC14A

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

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