#CDC14E#CDC14E

#CDC14E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.135 H 103.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC14E
RGB	rgb(205, 193, 78)
HSL	hsl(54, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(54, 62%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 62%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.08, -9.73, 57.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.08, 58.53, 99.57°)
OKLab	oklab(79.91% -0.0313 0.1318)
OKLCH	oklch(79.91% 0.135 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.6236, 51.6708, 14.7765)
Luminance	0.5167 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC14E #4E5ACD

analogous

#CD824E #CDC14E #99CD4E

triadic

#CDC14E #4ECDC1 #C14ECD

tetradic

#CDC14E #4ECD82 #4E5ACD #CD4E99

square

#CDC14E #4ECD82 #4E5ACD #CD4E99

split-complementary

#CDC14E #4E99CD #824ECD

monochromatic

#7D7523 #ADA131 #CDC14E #DAD27E #E8E2AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#CDC14E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.33

#CDC14E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC14E

11.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC14E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC14E	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)

#D1BB41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C154

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBB5A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc14e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 193, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.135 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd384',
    500: '#cdc14e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc14e;
$custom-light: #dfd384;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc14e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.331,
    "s": 55.947,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7991,
    "c": 0.13542,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.51669
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC14E

secondary

#3A4185

accent

#57DF49

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC14E

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

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