#CDC44E#CDC44E

#CDC44E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 80.5% C 0.138 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC44E
RGB	rgb(205, 196, 78)
HSL	hsl(56, 56%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(56, 62%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 62%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.88, -11.26, 58.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.88, 59.64, 100.89°)
OKLab	oklab(80.54% -0.0357 0.1336)
OKLCH	oklch(80.54% 0.138 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.2936, 53.0107, 14.9998)
Luminance	0.5301 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC44E #4E57CD

analogous

#CD844E #CDC44E #96CD4E

triadic

#CDC44E #4ECDC4 #C44ECD

tetradic

#CDC44E #4ECD84 #4E57CD #CD4E96

square

#CDC44E #4ECD84 #4E57CD #CD4E96

split-complementary

#CDC44E #4E96CD #844ECD

monochromatic

#7D7723 #ADA431 #CDC44E #DAD47E #E8E4AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#CDC44E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.60

#CDC44E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC44E

11.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC44E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC44E	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)

#D4BD40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C355

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBB8AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C0C0C0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc44e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 196, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.5% 0.138 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd585',
    500: '#cdc44e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc44e;
$custom-light: #dfd585;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc44e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.748,
    "s": 55.947,
    "l": 55.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80544,
    "c": 0.13825,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.53009
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC44E

secondary

#3A3F85

accent

#53DF49

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC44E

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

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