#CDC440#CDC440

#CDC440 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.528; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.148 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC440
RGB	rgb(205, 196, 64)
HSL	hsl(56, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(56, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 68.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.78, -12.08, 64.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.78, 65.27, 100.67°)
OKLab	oklab(80.43% -0.0395 0.1431)
OKLCH	oklch(80.43% 0.148 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.8440, 52.8308, 12.6320)
Luminance	0.5283 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC440 #4049CD

analogous

#CD7D40 #CDC440 #90CD40

triadic

#CDC440 #40CDC4 #C440CD

tetradic

#CDC440 #40CD7D #4049CD #CD4090

square

#CDC440 #40CD7D #4049CD #CD4090

split-complementary

#CDC440 #4090CD #7D40CD

monochromatic

#746F1E #A59D2B #CDC440 #DAD371 #E6E2A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.82

#CDC440 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.57

#CDC440 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC440

11.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC440	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC440	1.00	1.82	11.57	11.57
#FFFFFF	1.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D5BD2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C349

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCB7AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc440;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 196, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.148 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d57d',
    500: '#cdc440',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc440;
$custom-light: #e0d57d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc440",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.17,
    "s": 58.506,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80426,
    "c": 0.14848,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.52829
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC440

secondary

#34397D

accent

#50E246

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC440

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

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