#CDC240#CDC240

#CDC240 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.519; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.147 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC240
RGB	rgb(205, 194, 64)
HSL	hsl(55, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(55, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 68.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.24, -11.07, 63.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.24, 64.56, 99.87°)
OKLab	oklab(80% -0.0366 0.142)
OKLCH	oklch(80% 0.147 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(45.3959, 51.9346, 12.4826)
Luminance	0.5193 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC240 #404BCD

analogous

#CD7B40 #CDC240 #92CD40

triadic

#CDC240 #40CDC2 #C240CD

tetradic

#CDC240 #40CD7B #404BCD #CD4092

square

#CDC240 #40CD7B #404BCD #CD4092

split-complementary

#CDC240 #4092CD #7B40CD

monochromatic

#746D1E #A59B2B #CDC240 #DAD171 #E6E1A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#CDC240 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.39

#CDC240 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC240

11.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC240	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC240	1.00	1.84	11.39	11.39
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BB2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C148

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCB5A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc240;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 194, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.147 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d47c',
    500: '#cdc240',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc240;
$custom-light: #e0d47c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc240",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.319,
    "s": 58.506,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80001,
    "c": 0.14665,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.51933
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC240

secondary

#343A7D

accent

#52E246

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC240

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

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