#CDC24F#CDC24F

#CDC24F 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 11.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC24F
RGB	rgb(205, 194, 79)
HSL	hsl(55, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(55, 61%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.4%, 61.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.36, -10.18, 57.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.36, 58.47, 100.03°)
OKLab	oklab(80.13% -0.0325 0.1316)
OKLCH	oklch(80.13% 0.136 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.8816, 52.1289, 15.0407)
Luminance	0.5213 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC24F #4F5ACD

analogous

#CD834F #CDC24F #99CD4F

triadic

#CDC24F #4FCDC2 #C24FCD

tetradic

#CDC24F #4FCD83 #4F5ACD #CD4F99

square

#CDC24F #4FCD83 #4F5ACD #CD4F99

split-complementary

#CDC24F #4F99CD #834FCD

monochromatic

#7E7624 #AEA331 #CDC24F #DBD37F #E8E3AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#CDC24F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.43

#CDC24F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC24F

11.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC24F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC24F	1.00	1.84	11.43	11.43
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D2BC42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D6C255

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBB6AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc24f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 194, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.136 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd485',
    500: '#cdc24f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc24f;
$custom-light: #dfd485;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc24f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.762,
    "s": 55.752,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80131,
    "c": 0.13554,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.52127
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC24F

secondary

#3B4186

accent

#56DF49

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC24F

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

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