#CDC14B#CDC14B

#CDC14B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.516; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.138 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC14B
RGB	rgb(205, 193, 75)
HSL	hsl(54, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(54, 63%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 63.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.06, -9.92, 58.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.06, 59.80, 99.55°)
OKLab	oklab(79.88% -0.0322 0.134)
OKLCH	oklch(79.88% 0.138 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.5185, 51.6288, 14.2229)
Luminance	0.5163 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC14B #4B57CD

analogous

#CD804B #CDC14B #98CD4B

triadic

#CDC14B #4BCDC1 #C14BCD

tetradic

#CDC14B #4BCD80 #4B57CD #CD4B98

square

#CDC14B #4BCD80 #4B57CD #CD4B98

split-complementary

#CDC14B #4B98CD #804BCD

monochromatic

#7B7322 #ABA030 #CDC14B #DAD17B #E8E2AB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#CDC14B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.33

#CDC14B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC14B

11.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC14B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC14B	1.00	1.85	11.33	11.33
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BB3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C152

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCB4A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc14b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 193, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.138 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd383',
    500: '#cdc14b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc14b;
$custom-light: #dfd383;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc14b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.462,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 54.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79882,
    "c": 0.13779,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.51627
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC14B

secondary

#394083

accent

#56E048

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC14B

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

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