#CDC44C#CDC44C

#CDC44C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.140 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC44C
RGB	rgb(205, 196, 76)
HSL	hsl(56, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(56, 63%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 62.9%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.86, -11.39, 59.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.86, 60.49, 100.86°)
OKLab	oklab(80.53% -0.0362 0.135)
OKLCH	oklch(80.53% 0.14 105)
XYZ	xyz(46.2229, 52.9824, 14.6279)
Luminance	0.5298 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC44C #4C55CD

analogous

#CD834C #CDC44C #95CD4C

triadic

#CDC44C #4CCDC4 #C44CCD

tetradic

#CDC44C #4CCD83 #4C55CD #CD4C95

square

#CDC44C #4CCD83 #4C55CD #CD4C95

split-complementary

#CDC44C #4C95CD #834CCD

monochromatic

#7C7623 #ACA330 #CDC44C #DAD47C #E8E4AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#CDC44C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.60

#CDC44C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC44C

11.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC44C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC44C	1.00	1.81	11.60	11.60
#FFFFFF	1.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D4BD3D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C353

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBB8AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc44c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 196, 76);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.140 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd583',
    500: '#cdc44c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc44c;
$custom-light: #dfd583;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc44c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 76
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.814,
    "s": 56.332,
    "l": 55.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80526,
    "c": 0.13982,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.52981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC44C

secondary

#393F84

accent

#53E048

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC44C

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

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