#CDC24E#CDC24E

#CDC24E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.136 H 103.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC24E
RGB	rgb(205, 194, 78)
HSL	hsl(55, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(55, 62%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 62%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.35, -10.24, 58.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.35, 58.90, 100.02°)
OKLab	oklab(80.12% -0.0328 0.1324)
OKLCH	oklch(80.12% 0.136 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.8454, 52.1144, 14.8504)
Luminance	0.5211 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC24E #4E59CD

analogous

#CD824E #CDC24E #98CD4E

triadic

#CDC24E #4ECDC2 #C24ECD

tetradic

#CDC24E #4ECD82 #4E59CD #CD4E98

square

#CDC24E #4ECD82 #4E59CD #CD4E98

split-complementary

#CDC24E #4E98CD #824ECD

monochromatic

#7D7523 #ADA231 #CDC24E #DAD27E #E8E3AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#CDC24E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.42

#CDC24E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC24E

11.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC24E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC24E	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)

#D2BC40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C255

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBB6A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc24e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 194, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.136 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd484',
    500: '#cdc24e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc24e;
$custom-light: #dfd484;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc24e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.803,
    "s": 55.947,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80121,
    "c": 0.13635,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.52113
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC24E

secondary

#3A4185

accent

#56DF49

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC24E

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

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