#CDC24C#CDC24C

#CDC24C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.138 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC24C
RGB	rgb(205, 194, 76)
HSL	hsl(55, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(55, 63%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 62.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.33, -10.37, 58.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.33, 59.74, 100.00°)
OKLab	oklab(80.1% -0.0333 0.1338)
OKLCH	oklch(80.1% 0.138 104)
XYZ	xyz(45.7748, 52.0862, 14.4785)
Luminance	0.5209 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC24C #4C57CD

analogous

#CD824C #CDC24C #97CD4C

triadic

#CDC24C #4CCDC2 #C24CCD

tetradic

#CDC24C #4CCD82 #4C57CD #CD4C97

square

#CDC24C #4CCD82 #4C57CD #CD4C97

split-complementary

#CDC24C #4C97CD #824CCD

monochromatic

#7C7423 #ACA130 #CDC24C #DAD27C #E8E3AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#CDC24C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.42

#CDC24C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC24C

11.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC24C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC24C	1.00	1.84	11.42	11.42
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BC3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C253

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCB6A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc24c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 194, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.138 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd483',
    500: '#cdc24c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc24c;
$custom-light: #dfd483;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc24c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.884,
    "s": 56.332,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80102,
    "c": 0.13793,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.52085
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC24C

secondary

#394084

accent

#55E048

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC24C

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

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