#CDC342#CDC342

#CDC342 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.524; OKLCH L 80.2% C 0.146 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC342
RGB	rgb(205, 195, 66)
HSL	hsl(56, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(56, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 67.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.52, -11.47, 63.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.52, 64.15, 100.30°)
OKLab	oklab(80.23% -0.0375 0.1413)
OKLCH	oklch(80.23% 0.146 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(45.6771, 52.4044, 12.8622)
Luminance	0.5240 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC342 #424CCD

analogous

#CD7D42 #CDC342 #92CD42

triadic

#CDC342 #42CDC3 #C342CD

tetradic

#CDC342 #42CD7D #424CCD #CD4292

square

#CDC342 #42CD7D #424CCD #CD4292

split-complementary

#CDC342 #4292CD #7D42CD

monochromatic

#766F1F #A69D2C #CDC342 #DAD272 #E7E2A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.83

#CDC342 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.48

#CDC342 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC342

11.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC342	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC342	1.00	1.83	11.48	11.48
#FFFFFF	1.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BC2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C24A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCB6A9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc342;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 195, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.2% 0.146 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d47e',
    500: '#cdc342',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc342;
$custom-light: #e0d47e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc342",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.683,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80229,
    "c": 0.14621,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.52403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC342

secondary

#353A7E

accent

#52E146

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC342

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

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