#CDC44A#CDC44A

#CDC44A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.141 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC44A
RGB	rgb(205, 196, 74)
HSL	hsl(56, 57%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(56, 64%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 63.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.85, -11.52, 60.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.85, 61.31, 100.83°)
OKLab	oklab(80.51% -0.0368 0.1365)
OKLCH	oklch(80.51% 0.141 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(46.1545, 52.9550, 14.2674)
Luminance	0.5295 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC44A #4A53CD

analogous

#CD834A #CDC44A #94CD4A

triadic

#CDC44A #4ACDC4 #C44ACD

tetradic

#CDC44A #4ACD83 #4A53CD #CD4A94

square

#CDC44A #4ACD83 #4A53CD #CD4A94

split-complementary

#CDC44A #4A94CD #834ACD

monochromatic

#7B7522 #ABA22F #CDC44A #DAD47A #E7E3AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#CDC44A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.59

#CDC44A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC44A

11.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC44A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC44A	1.00	1.81	11.59	11.59
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BD3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D8C351

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBB7AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc44a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 196, 74);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.141 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd582',
    500: '#cdc44a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc44a;
$custom-light: #dfd582;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc44a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 74
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.878,
    "s": 56.71,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80508,
    "c": 0.14136,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.52953
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC44A

secondary

#383E83

accent

#52E048

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC44A

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

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