#CDC34E#CDC34E

#CDC34E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.526; OKLCH L 80.3% C 0.137 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC34E
RGB	rgb(205, 195, 78)
HSL	hsl(55, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(55, 62%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.9%, 62%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.62, -10.75, 58.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.62, 59.27, 100.45°)
OKLab	oklab(80.33% -0.0342 0.133)
OKLCH	oklch(80.33% 0.137 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.0688, 52.5611, 14.9249)
Luminance	0.5256 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC34E #4E58CD

analogous

#CD844E #CDC34E #97CD4E

triadic

#CDC34E #4ECDC3 #C34ECD

tetradic

#CDC34E #4ECD84 #4E58CD #CD4E97

square

#CDC34E #4ECD84 #4E58CD #CD4E97

split-complementary

#CDC34E #4E97CD #844ECD

monochromatic

#7D7623 #ADA331 #CDC34E #DAD37E #E8E3AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#CDC34E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.51

#CDC34E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC34E

11.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC34E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC34E	1.00	1.82	11.51	11.51
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BD40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C255

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBB7AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc34e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 195, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.3% 0.137 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd485',
    500: '#cdc34e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc34e;
$custom-light: #dfd485;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc34e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.276,
    "s": 55.947,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80333,
    "c": 0.13729,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.52559
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC34E

secondary

#3A4085

accent

#54DF49

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC34E

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

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