#CDC44F#CDC44F

#CDC44F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.530; OKLCH L 80.6% C 0.137 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC44F
RGB	rgb(205, 196, 79)
HSL	hsl(56, 56%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(56, 61%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 61.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.89, -11.20, 58.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.89, 59.22, 100.90°)
OKLab	oklab(80.55% -0.0354 0.1328)
OKLCH	oklch(80.55% 0.137 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(46.3297, 53.0251, 15.1900)
Luminance	0.5302 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC44F #4F58CD

analogous

#CD854F #CDC44F #97CD4F

triadic

#CDC44F #4FCDC4 #C44FCD

tetradic

#CDC44F #4FCD85 #4F58CD #CD4F97

square

#CDC44F #4FCD85 #4F58CD #CD4F97

split-complementary

#CDC44F #4F97CD #854FCD

monochromatic

#7E7724 #AEA531 #CDC44F #DBD47F #E8E4AE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.81

#CDC44F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.60

#CDC44F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC44F

11.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC44F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC44F	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)

#D4BD41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C356

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBB8AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc44f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 196, 79);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.6% 0.137 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd585',
    500: '#cdc44f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc44f;
$custom-light: #dfd585;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc44f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 79
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.714,
    "s": 55.752,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80554,
    "c": 0.13745,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.53024
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC44F

secondary

#3B4086

accent

#53DF49

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#84837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC44F

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

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