#CDC244#CDC244

#CDC244 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.520; OKLCH L 80.0% C 0.144 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC244
RGB	rgb(205, 194, 68)
HSL	hsl(55, 58%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(55, 67%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 66.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.27, -10.85, 62.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.27, 63.01, 99.92°)
OKLab	oklab(80.03% -0.0356 0.1394)
OKLCH	oklch(80.03% 0.144 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(45.5138, 51.9818, 13.1038)
Luminance	0.5198 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC244 #444FCD

analogous

#CD7D44 #CDC244 #94CD44

triadic

#CDC244 #44CDC2 #C244CD

tetradic

#CDC244 #44CD7D #444FCD #CD4494

square

#CDC244 #44CD7D #444FCD #CD4494

split-complementary

#CDC244 #4494CD #7D44CD

monochromatic

#777020 #A79D2D #CDC244 #DAD274 #E7E2A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#CDC244 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.40

#CDC244 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC244

11.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC244	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC244	1.00	1.84	11.40	11.40
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BB32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C24C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCB5A8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc244;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 194, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.0% 0.144 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d47f',
    500: '#cdc244',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc244;
$custom-light: #e0d47f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc244",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.182,
    "s": 57.806,
    "l": 53.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80033,
    "c": 0.14391,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.5198
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC244

secondary

#363C7F

accent

#53E147

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC244

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

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