#CDC44D#CDC44D

#CDC44D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.139 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC44D
RGB	rgb(205, 196, 77)
HSL	hsl(56, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(56, 62%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 62.4%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.87, -11.33, 58.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.87, 60.07, 100.87°)
OKLab	oklab(80.54% -0.0359 0.1343)
OKLCH	oklch(80.54% 0.139 105)
XYZ	xyz(46.2580, 52.9964, 14.8124)
Luminance	0.5300 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC44D #4D56CD

analogous

#CD844D #CDC44D #96CD4D

triadic

#CDC44D #4DCDC4 #C44DCD

tetradic

#CDC44D #4DCD84 #4D56CD #CD4D96

square

#CDC44D #4DCD84 #4D56CD #CD4D96

split-complementary

#CDC44D #4D96CD #844DCD

monochromatic

#7D7623 #ACA430 #CDC44D #DAD47D #E8E4AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#CDC44D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.60

#CDC44D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC44D

11.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC44D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC44D	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)

#D4BD3F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C354

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBB8AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc44d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 196, 77);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.139 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd584',
    500: '#cdc44d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc44d;
$custom-light: #dfd584;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc44d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 77
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.781,
    "s": 56.14,
    "l": 55.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80535,
    "c": 0.13904,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.52995
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC44D

secondary

#3A3F84

accent

#53DF48

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC44D

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

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