#CDC14F#CDC14F

#CDC14F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.517; OKLCH L 79.9% C 0.135 H 103.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC14F
RGB	rgb(205, 193, 79)
HSL	hsl(54, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(54, 61%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 61.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.09, -9.67, 57.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.09, 58.10, 99.58°)
OKLab	oklab(79.92% -0.031 0.131)
OKLCH	oklch(79.92% 0.135 103.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.6598, 51.6853, 14.9667)
Luminance	0.5168 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC14F #4F5BCD

analogous

#CD824F #CDC14F #9ACD4F

triadic

#CDC14F #4FCDC1 #C14FCD

tetradic

#CDC14F #4FCD82 #4F5BCD #CD4F9A

square

#CDC14F #4FCD82 #4F5BCD #CD4F9A

split-complementary

#CDC14F #4F9ACD #824FCD

monochromatic

#7E7524 #AEA231 #CDC14F #DBD27F #E8E3AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.85

#CDC14F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.34

#CDC14F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC14F

11.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC14F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC14F	1.00	1.85	11.34	11.34
#FFFFFF	1.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BB42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D5C155

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBB5A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc14f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 193, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.9% 0.135 103.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd385',
    500: '#cdc14f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc14f;
$custom-light: #dfd385;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc14f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 193,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.286,
    "s": 55.752,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7992,
    "c": 0.13461,
    "h": 103.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.51684
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC14F

secondary

#3B4286

accent

#57DF49

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC14F

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

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