#CDC24D#CDC24D

#CDC24D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.137 H 103.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC24D
RGB	rgb(205, 194, 77)
HSL	hsl(55, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(55, 62%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 62.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.34, -10.31, 58.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.34, 59.32, 100.01°)
OKLab	oklab(80.11% -0.0331 0.1331)
OKLCH	oklch(80.11% 0.137 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.8099, 52.1002, 14.6630)
Luminance	0.5210 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC24D #4D58CD

analogous

#CD824D #CDC24D #98CD4D

triadic

#CDC24D #4DCDC2 #C24DCD

tetradic

#CDC24D #4DCD82 #4D58CD #CD4D98

square

#CDC24D #4DCD82 #4D58CD #CD4D98

split-complementary

#CDC24D #4D98CD #824DCD

monochromatic

#7D7523 #ACA230 #CDC24D #DAD27D #E8E3AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#CDC24D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.42

#CDC24D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC24D

11.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC24D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC24D	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)

#D2BC3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C254

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBB6A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc24d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 194, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.137 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd484',
    500: '#cdc24d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc24d;
$custom-light: #dfd484;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc24d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.844,
    "s": 56.14,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80112,
    "c": 0.13714,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.52099
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC24D

secondary

#3A4084

accent

#55DF48

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC24D

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

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