#CDC640#CDC640

#CDC640 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 80.9% C 0.150 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC640
RGB	rgb(205, 198, 64)
HSL	hsl(57, 59%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(57, 69%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 68.8%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.31, -13.10, 64.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.31, 65.98, 101.45°)
OKLab	oklab(80.85% -0.0423 0.1443)
OKLCH	oklch(80.85% 0.15 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.2981, 53.7391, 12.7834)
Luminance	0.5374 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC640 #4047CD

analogous

#CD7F40 #CDC640 #8ECD40

triadic

#CDC640 #40CDC6 #C640CD

tetradic

#CDC640 #40CD7F #4047CD #CD408E

square

#CDC640 #40CD7F #4047CD #CD408E

split-complementary

#CDC640 #408ECD #7F40CD

monochromatic

#74701E #A59F2B #CDC640 #DAD471 #E6E3A1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#CDC640 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.75

#CDC640 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC640

11.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC640	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC640	1.00	1.79	11.75	11.75
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7BF2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC449

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCB9AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc640;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 198, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.9% 0.150 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d77d',
    500: '#cdc640',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc640;
$custom-light: #e0d77d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc640",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.021,
    "s": 58.506,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80851,
    "c": 0.15034,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.53737
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC640

secondary

#34387D

accent

#4EE246

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC640

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

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