#CDC24A#CDC24A

#CDC24A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.139 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC24A
RGB	rgb(205, 194, 74)
HSL	hsl(55, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(55, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 63.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.32, -10.50, 59.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.32, 60.58, 99.98°)
OKLab	oklab(80.08% -0.0339 0.1353)
OKLCH	oklch(80.08% 0.139 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(45.7064, 52.0588, 14.1180)
Luminance	0.5206 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC24A #4A55CD

analogous

#CD814A #CDC24A #96CD4A

triadic

#CDC24A #4ACDC2 #C24ACD

tetradic

#CDC24A #4ACD81 #4A55CD #CD4A96

square

#CDC24A #4ACD81 #4A55CD #CD4A96

split-complementary

#CDC24A #4A96CD #814ACD

monochromatic

#7B7322 #ABA02F #CDC24A #DAD27A #E7E2AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#CDC24A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.41

#CDC24A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC24A

11.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC24A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC24A	1.00	1.84	11.41	11.41
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BC3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C251

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCB5A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc24a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 194, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.139 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd482',
    500: '#cdc24a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc24a;
$custom-light: #dfd482;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc24a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.962,
    "s": 56.71,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80084,
    "c": 0.13948,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.52057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC24A

secondary

#383F83

accent

#55E048

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC24A

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

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