#CDC442#CDC442

#CDC442 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.529; OKLCH L 80.4% C 0.147 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC442
RGB	rgb(205, 196, 66)
HSL	hsl(56, 58%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(56, 68%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 67.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.79, -11.98, 63.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.79, 64.50, 100.70°)
OKLab	oklab(80.44% -0.039 0.1419)
OKLCH	oklch(80.44% 0.147 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(45.9019, 52.8540, 12.9371)
Luminance	0.5285 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC442 #424BCD

analogous

#CD7E42 #CDC442 #90CD42

triadic

#CDC442 #42CDC4 #C442CD

tetradic

#CDC442 #42CD7E #424BCD #CD4290

square

#CDC442 #42CD7E #424BCD #CD4290

split-complementary

#CDC442 #4290CD #7E42CD

monochromatic

#76701F #A69E2C #CDC442 #DAD372 #E7E2A3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#CDC442 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.57

#CDC442 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC442

11.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC442	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC442	1.00	1.81	11.57	11.57
#FFFFFF	1.81	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)

#D5BD2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C34A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCB7AA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc442;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 196, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.4% 0.147 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d57e',
    500: '#cdc442',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc442;
$custom-light: #e0d57e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc442",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.115,
    "s": 58.159,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80441,
    "c": 0.14713,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.52852
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC442

secondary

#353A7E

accent

#50E146

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC442

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

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